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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1897)
T H E TORCH OK REASON, SILV E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , JU L Y 8, T h e L icen sed P re a c h e r. “ by old mortality , justice to Mrs. C iahtree’s excellent lunch. th e country is barren and UNIVERSITY NOTES. 1897. C hurch M eeting. H airy Degart commenced work At a regular m eeting of the Sil on the ('D iversity this week. raiding. In the aft- m oon we met verton Secular church last Sundav And now one more word: Let a band of two hundred head of Mr. H. E. Klein is <bmating ' earn m orning, th e following am endm ent the actions of your parents be as a cattle which were being driven to work and will do tw enty-five dol was offered, read for th e first time beacon light unto you. Some H eppner for shipm ent to Nebraska, lars worth of carpentering on the and laid on the table to he taken p aren ts are not over-wise; let their The ax erage price per head was m ain building. up for final action at the next reg folly be a warning unto you. Try tw enty dollars. About five o’clock Some of our friends wrote, e n ular meeting, the tirst S unday in hard to make yourselves far wiser we came in sight of Loin- Rock quiring who to send their donations August: and better than your parents are; where we were met by .Mr. D. ( ’. to. We thought it a good plan to “ Resolved, T hat article three (3) in other words be an im provem ent Andrews and driven to his pleasant 1 t every one know through the of the constitution of the Silverton upon them . Try to make your- home in the country. It is sur- paper this week. Page 7. S?cular church be, and the same selves sm art and intelligent enough rounded b? tim ber ami the glimpse is her» by am ended to read as fob M ouid you like to pass th e h a t not to lie or steal. I he world loves spoke to us of home, and the fact lows: and honors the honest, pure and was at on<*e verified by our h earty for us? Send for one. ARTICLE III. n°ble. welcome. 1 He rain this week hindered our ~ ----- . Lone Rock is also re ip- “ Section 1. M em bership.—Any I would like to continue* this in- ported to he a very orth- d<»x {dace, work a little, hut we do not think person in sym pathy with the objects terestin g subject hut I must hasten hut it is with h e a rts full of c m a g e that it was owing to an y o n e’s of this organization, who can satis home, for Rev. .Mrs. Roxy Jan e an d h o p e t< a t we go to o u r work p ra y e rs. fy the Executive C om m itt e that M ortality informed me th at about this afternoon. Me will soon have constructed a he or she is of good moral ch arac forty female mem hers of the s a l v a LATER. beautiful little ap p a ratu s which we ter, m ay become a m em ber with tion arm y will hold a season of Wagm r, O regon, J u ly 3, E . M. will call tht* Liberal U niversity all and every right and privilege of prayer at our house for the Conver -9<: W e d n e sd a y n ig h ’ we lec tired Roll of Hon-T. it will consist of m em bership by signing the consti sion of the healhen of New .Losev, at Lom R oc-, and notw ithstanding two rollers in a decorated fram e tution and paying into the treasury Missouri and Colorado; so in order the pr<dominanc* of ihe religious work. At one end of the rollers of this organization the sum of to hear them laugh and talk about eburn n t, th e -chool house was well will he attached a crank which will twenty-five cents which is to he re th eir fool Husbands and l»vers, I I filled with an atten tiv e audience. tm n an endles- roll of strong, ceived as three m<»nths’ lines. Pro m ii-t hasten home and conceal M’e secured several subscribers to durable paper on which will be vided however, th at no m em ber myself in the clothes-pr« s- before the L ittle C andle and one to the w ritten the nam es of those who under sixteen years of age be a l their arriv al. Meeting is now 1 or < iij and also a good collection. assisted in building the only L iber lowed to vote» dism issed. Amen. At the close it was left to the al U niversity in the world. Oppo “ Section 2. Dues —All mem hers audience as to w hether we would site each nam e will appear the as shall pay q u a rte rly dues of twenty- Field Notes. speak again the f »Bowing evening. sistance each gave; and this Roll of five cents, payable in advance, to Lone Rock, .June 30, E. M. 297. The ayes had it without a single H onor will he kept in the school as the treasu rer of this organization — We thoroughly enjoyed the d e dissenting voice. T here were a few perpetual record. 1 on or before th e first Sunday in lig h tfu l d riv e from L ex in g to n to however, “on tin* feuc .” I he deed for the I niversitv site J a n u a ry , April. Ju ly and October. Heppner, where we arrived about The next evening we were again Section 3. Any m em ber failing is a t last signed, sealed, accepted eleven o’clock a. in. We noticed met with a splendid audience, much and delivered. Now let us m ake to pay dues at the expiration of th a t most of our bills had been to the surprise of our Liberal j th irty days from d ate they become this site a beautiful sight. destroyed, so im m ediately after friends. W ........- vrp.uiin an ith a few .A exceptions all due shall he notified by the secre d in n er we took our satchels and w h° a tte n d e d th e e v e n in g before L ittle P oints. tary and it dues are not paid w ith proceeded to scatter dodgers liber- wore present. in th irty days from date of such ally. H eppner is reported to be a T hanks are due to those who so I lay in g and d rin k in g whiskey notification, such m em ber’s nam e very orthodox place and we were kindly assisted us with the music, m ay n.ak-- some men happv, hut may he stricken from the roll. told th at we need not expect a i ^he Liberals at Lone Rock are they are both useless, costly, in Section 4. M embers stricken large audience as there were only | muc}‘ encouraged, and with re- jurious and a had exam ple. They from th e roll on account of non three or four Liberals in town. The new«d energy and hope take their both show a weakness. paym ent of dues, m ay *he reinstated Opera hall had b»-en engaged for P^ace 111 the hattl»* line for Univers- W <’UId you purposely place a on paym ent of one dollar and com us and we were greeted with a large al M ental Liberty. O ur visit was great t-m p tatio n in the wav of a p ly in g with article i i i ., Sec. 1, of and attentive audience. The Liber- one long he remembered- child and then curse it forever for this co n stitu tio n .” V • 1 als were very anxious to have us h iid a y m orning we were up with yielding? W ould a good god do speak the next evening hut as in the sun ready for our ride to Wag- so? U n iv e r s ity F u n d _______ th at case arran g em ents could not I ner. Mr. Andrews and wife, to is n ’t it more reasonable to su p The am ount given in this fum he made to take us to Lone Rock, whose kind ho sp itality w<-are m uch we were compel|»-d to give up the indebted, drove us to W agner pose that men fahelx claim ed to be is actual cash paid in, regardless o P'an. a fte r prom ising th a t ue would twenty miles d istan t. O ur drive inspired than to believe in in sp ira what has been prom ised: n , Oi $ 50.0Í conn* again whenever possible. All was a ’’lost enjoyable one through tion? W ouldn’t it have been very J a n ie s D ow n. Sil v e rto u J . W o lfard Co 25.0Í th a t is needed at H eppner is agita- the m ountains, with trees of pine wonderful if cunning men had not u M. J. Adams 25.ÍH olden tion and we are satisfied th a t the h r an d various other varieties to deceived the masses in L. Adam s 5.0C n I re e th o u g h t r a n k s th e re w ould r e 8 t 'b e eye, wearied In the treele-s tim es when they were so ig norant? John P orter 50.0(1 n swell into large num bers. plains. We again lunched hv a If prayer would remove m oun Peter Rauch 40.00 « H L. E isenhart After the lecture, we were driven babbling brook with the delightful tains the I nited States would he a Ö.OC n Ju liu s Fisher 20.00 to the pleasant home of Mr. Crab- 8 ,,u ,,d of N ature’s music as a fitting vast wind-sw ept prairie in a very « Sam uel Ames 25.00 tree, which is about eight miles accom panim ent. In tru th fu l words short time. Prayer will not remove L. Ames « 25.00 in the country. We fully appre- we could cry out with the sage, an ant hill. J. II. P orter 10.00 o ciated the kind hospitality, and ‘<Fate cannot harm me, I have A Friend 10.00 Could there have been a u n iv ers E. W olfanl << enjoyed the fluent conversation of ?Aned to-d«y.” We arrived at 10.00 « th ese inveterate workers in <>ur ;,/ ,,er about two o ’clock p. m., al flood? All the water on the B. A. Leonard 5.00 « K ate D ePeatt earth , in the oceans, lakes and cau se Bright and earlv Tuesday Mr ( Z ’’' 4 l*^aha,R home of 5.00 << - I u e sa a y 31r. G ates, w here we wen* e n rd in llv rixers, in the form of vapor, steam , A. L E isenhart 5.00 T AT " m orning we started on our journey welcomed. The sc en ery a ro u n d J- M cArdle, Council Bluffs, la., 1.0< and existing in anim al and p lan t to Lone Rock, thirty-five miles dis- here is very • beautiful, --- J ” with - V- • the IIV 1 rue forms would not cover the land. material . tau t. H e were driving along quiet gen, green m ountains m eeting the W agner has How could all the plants have lived A. M olfiV Son, (lu m b er) $100 0 ly when some one exclaim ed, “O, eye on every hand. d uring the flood? W ould wheat J. M olfard & Co., (sh in g h g ) 25.0 banner the».’« a snake!» It proved to be long place hem considered in. the i X n live over a year if covered with a large ra ttle r about three feet Oregon and with p atrio tic pride t„. water? long. \\ e procured the rattles and morrow we will celebrate the Eourth Our work will im prove as w d In som e a n im a ls the m ale is en Hget a larger num ber of su b scrib e will preserve them as a memento !n trn “ Secular style. T ruly Secu- nf our trip At no»»., we arrived i‘r,f,,nlif' d«uirishing and we m ust tirely w anting. How could Noah Mers Get up a club of 5 for $3.75,L rtf R.v»L- Crock where wc did , ampfe , °" ° " with the battle. p ¿ «» Rock p f[ have taken “ tue m ale and his Mand thus m ake $1.25 ami heli A («the cause. fem ale” in to the ark? ( CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PAGE.) ro ck v , chiefly • • r . l a d a p te d to r sto<*k-