Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903, July 22, 1897, Image 8

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    1IIE TOKCII OK REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, J IX Y 22, 1«»7.
UNIVERSITY NOTES,
throughout eastern Oregou and to d riv e hack to M iiehell was such a
use the words of the S alvationist, long one it was im • »sxihle t'» do so.
We Imp.-
visit Prineville again
The h.rg.-st load of lum ber haul-
“ We’ll «HiqUer. We’ll eonqu r;
„ .x ty e a t and we can a-su w lee- « H a s t week for th - dining hail
Early W ednesday m orning we we’ll couqU'-r bye a n d b y e .”
ta r e is that they will receive the was 136» feet. It was h au l -1 by
left W agner for Fossil where we ex­
LATER.
very best treatm ent at the hands ol B- B- Sm ith.
pected to lecture th at evening.
Monday we started for Prineville, the Prineville people.
Prineville
S tudents don’t eat hay hut they
T he drive was a delightful one
fifty-five
miles
distant.
As
no
is a verv prettv little town of about d n 'tk m ilk. We are hauling hay
through forests of pine and hr. 'A *
double team could ,»* found we seven hundred in h ab itan ts.
Ih e from Chem awa. Some of the hay
took d inner at the pleasant home of
were
com
pel
led
to
take
a
single
white-capped peaks of Mt. J . Her- was donated to the cause an d par
Mr. Howell, old-tim e friends, and
I he w ater­ sou, Mt. W ashing!....... ml the T hree taken in paym ent for tuition. It is
incidentally did full justice to the team and “ goit alon»* ’
cherries for which his place is noted. spout had made the regular road u n ­ •Sisters stan d like loftv senline,s in clean, nice tim othy.
" e had a call from Mr F. J.
W hat perseverance and energy can safe to travel so we were com pelled the distance and prove the tru th of
to
take
several
-
by-m
ads,
and
to
do.is plainly dem onstrated here.
the statem ent that this world is Bcatv, of Chem awa last M onday,
alm
ost
every
person
we
met
w
Much refreshed and with many
“ m illion gloried.”
B eaty is thoroughly tnterested
the
sam
e
»jU‘*stioi:
would
put
About one o’clock W ednesday in our work and we had a very
good wishes we again take up the
kindly
direct
us
to
“ Would you
banner and journey on.
afternoon we tu rn our faces toward pleasant visit.
W
hereupon
we
would
P
rineville?”
W hen we arrived at Fossil we
M itchell. In lbs evening we arrive
The contract for building the
sta
rt
bravely
on,
only
to
find
our
at the pleasan t hom e of Mr. T hom p-j «tone basem ent for the University
learned th a t for some reason our
selves
again
confused.
\
t
last
w
bills had never been pasted, so we
son where we again pass the night, was let Io Mr. Alfred D esart who
reached
the
m
ain
road
and
for
a
succumbed to the inevitable and
Lecturers would do well to m ake is now getting out the stone as fast
time
our
cares
were
over.
It
was
a lvertised for the next night. W e
this their stopping place as they as possible.
now
nearly
seven
o’clock
p.
in.,
but
One day this week a stran g er
were greeted by a very good au d i­
will he h eartily welcomed, even
ence although we are afraid it was the drive was so pleasant we de­ though it be m idnight when «hey drove by the U niversity grounds
a very unappreciative one for there cided to make up for lost tim e. We arrive.
O ur drive through the ami was heard to say to his c<»m-
are hut few Liberals indeed and they did keep on and night found us m ountains this tim e was exc..... - paniott: -‘W hat’s going on here?”
are afraid to let «heir views he toiling slowly up the m ountain, ingly pleasant, the scenery all he- “ The Liberals are build,ng a m over
known. O, f«-r the time to come th in k in g every moment we would ing new to 11s.
We arrive at j sity,” said h isfrien d . “ I'he Liberals!
come
to
a
house
w
here
we
could
And the rest of the
when every man will dan* to ex*
M i'chell ah« u t thr» e o’clock p. m., Is th a t so?”
find shelter for the night.
1 he well satisfied with the success of conversation was lost to all hut
pres* his h >n *-t thoughts!
Fridas m orning finds us on our moon cam e up and shed its gio ious our trip to Prineville.
T h e ...... ks j themselves
light
through
tin*
sw
aying
branch­
Nothing will advertise our cause
way to Mitchell. This drive proved
are swelling, th<* b attle ha** begun,
es
of
the
trees
am
,
we
were
able
to
verv interesting.
At one place a
am i th e banner of U niversal M ental and our work like building-
You s»-e God (?)
We are indebted to Frank F o r­
branding iron was sent on to M it­ keep the road.
Liberty will soon triu m p h an tly
was
with
us
after
all,
for
w
hat
chell. The driver upon receiving
ward fo r a valuable specimen for
wave from ocean to ocean.
our m useum th is week.
it, held it up and asked us if we could two women do wav out on
K. I). & M. P. H.
i
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u
-
1
1
1
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i
ta
in
s
»
n
a
da
r
n
nt
Miss ,)e Peatt and Mrs. Hosmer
knew* what it wa>. One of us (you
LITTLE POINTS.
sent us a tine specimen of articu late
know we never “ fell tales” ) replied, Nearing the sum m it we heard th»*
\\ ith
•‘Is it a post hole digger?” Ill'* unm istakable cry of cats.
(ciriiex lee 1 ula rius) from E astern
Take
from
anv
com
m
unity
th**
joyful
hearts
we
hastened
on,
th
in
k
-
driver concluded th at we needed
Oregon.
Some claim th a t they
ing
a
house
must
he
near
at
h
oul.
schools,
the
hooks,
the
l|l’lancsG
have
been
seen in Silverton, hut
educating. Dinner tune finds us
we haye uQt bee|) fo rtu n ate
at the home of Mr. Helms of I wick- It was a vain delusion, however, the scientific lectures, th.- education
eh„ll(;b t„ |,ave seen any live
enliaiij
a stanch
Liberal and and we afterw ard learned that the and it becomes a good place to
worker.
Here we dine sum ptoiis- cries pri'bablv »’aim* from wild cats move away from. Tak»* away the gpeciniens here.
The last fifty dollars was paid
ly and learn th a t they wished us which an* said to be very num erous. belief iii g«»ds and the bloody plan
on our U niversity grounds this
to lecture hut as we had not known On we went for miles and a sheep- of s a l v a t io n a n d what harm does it
week. And now for the lumber!
in lime to to advertise it was im ­ cam p was tin* only sign of h ab ita­ do?
Do all you can.
tion in these vast m ountains.
In
If the C hristian
E ndeavorers
possible.
Every Liberal should be doing
The
afternoon drive through one place, the moon b< am s falling would all pray hard enough they something for the U niversity.
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(Jird Creek Canyon is worthy of across our path, lit up a chasm d i­ m ight convert the Devil. God ought
One step to help all he can in such an enter-
special mention. I bis part of the rectly in front of us.
U n iv e rsity Fund.
more
and
we
would
have
been
a
country has been lately visited by
prise.
_______
a water spout ami the road has confused mass at the bottom. I pon
How God m ust love the world to
The am ount given in ibis fund
investigating
we
found
that
the
been com pletly washed away in
wish people to pray and plead for jg act u a | cash paid in, regardless of
some places. This made it hard w ater-spout had again accom plish­ mercy and then do, as he niU't have i w|,at |)as been prom ised:
travelling hut tin* scenery was ed its ruin and washed the road known he would do, from 'h e \e r \ Jam es Dow n .S ilv erto n ,O r , $ 50.00
We were pre­ beginning. Is there such a being? j W olfard Ar Co. “
enough to pay for the inconven­ com pletely away.
ok
no
25.00
paring
to
unhitch,
build
a
fire
and
25.00
iences. On either side rise perpen­
F ear falls upon the earth and
J. Adam s
5.00
dicu lar rock walls which rem ind cam p for tin* night, when to our prays—Courage stands erect and
p,»rter
<«
50.00
one of the most elalxirate m asonry. joy we discovered a by-road and th in k s.— Ingersoll.
«
Peter R an ch
40.00
Indeed, some parts appear like the again we were able to continue our
<
<
5.00
Religions are var ious, but reason H. L. E isenhart
journey.
About
half-past
twelve
<
t
ruins of some aneb-nt castle.
For
20.00
is one, and
are all brothers.— Ju liu s Fisher
u
we
passed
out
of
the
nm
untains
miles the road follows this canyon
25.00
Chirfese Proverb.
Sam uel Ames
<
(
25.00
until it seems to the bewildered and a house appeared before us.
Conscience is quite independent !*• Ames
10.00
eye th a t to pass out is a feat for We succeeded in arousing the of the belief in God and of religious J* H. P orter
«<
10.00
the daring. But we finally wind sleeping inm ates ami received the cone» ptioos io genera,.— Buchner. A Friend
<<
10.00
A nother great Reform ation is p A V o n a r d
«
our way out and about seven welcome inform ation that we could
5.00
u
o’clock we arrive at W aldron where of course have a room there. Tired taking place, hut some people are R ate r,,.p yatt
5.00
. T r-,- . «.
loo dull
doll to com prehend it.
((
5.00
and
weary
we
soon
fell
asleep
ami
A. L Eisenhart
we pas» the night.
This has been
Rom»*,
where
C
h
ristian
ity
first
the first warm day since we left in the m orning arose much re­ firmly fastened itself, will probabry J. McArdle, Council Bluffs. la ., 1.00
5.00
M ichigan,
Alter
indulging in a he the last to be converted to higher R. C. B urtis,
home. In the m orning we are freshed
5.00
Flora A. Burtis,
“
up and on to M itchel,.
F irst hearty breakfast we went on our ideals.
10.00
J. Johnston,
Canada,
2.50
down in a canyon, then on top of a way and arrived in tim e for dinner. **********.^k.*< ^.-** * * * * * * * * Dr. M. Pritchard, Calif.,
m ountain, through a series of Mr. M. A. Moore had secured the « Send us »1.00 ami receive the» John Diamond, Oregon,
50.00
Court
House
for
our
lecture
and
m ountains and canyons until we
1.00
©T orch of - R eason one vear and» ‘ r- ‘ ' enzte,
10.00
finally go down, down, to end our notw ithstanding the fact th a t so fo u r new song book of Secular» P- C. Mo8,CT.
Illln018-
journey, for we are at Mitchell m any people were out of town we € songs set to familiar tunes. This®
material .
where we rem ain until Monday. were greeted by a large attentive ©holds good for one month only.® A. Wolf A Son, (lum ber) »100.00
We do not speak at Mitchell until audience. The Liberals were very J Please speak to your friends, , w .d fard A Co., (shingles) 25.00
_ » i F. - J.
t 1
1©»« ♦«,
fb
«, vl
iriiM)
16 00
(hay)
Beatv,
our return from Prineville.
The anxious to have us remain and ®
c a bout t h is offer •
3
a
u
'
r
3 50
(furniture)
.* * » » « » « *«
religion of hum anity is being felt give another lecture but as the « * » » * * ♦ * * * ■
Field Notes.