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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1897)
* wrong by accepting new doctrines men this power, the legislation ' and th u s ruin th e ir business, which debars all excepting the old Never! 1 hey will o nly allow ini proven,-,.t as the people s.udy and ......... For Sale. One hundred and sixty acre*» of ,IJTER HARDESTY, to prac- timlH-r l..n«l in TiU.mook county. (jo W force it upon them . We often for- t 'C*‘’ U,e lSP»l»“ o»> * l,ich ie forcing One m ile from N e.erU Bay. House, W ill practice in all co u rts of the sta te get th a t OUR VERY LIVES depend tl,e ’’bservanceof one set of religion- 16*24. Sm all clearing. Excellent Special a tten tio n given to col led ions and n o tary work. upon th e solution of these problem s, ists upon the world and the m any water. Good bargain. In q u ire at R oom 3, W olf and wait till trouble comes and other hinderances to progress show this office. S ILV E R TO N , OREGON then send for the priest and are us th a t there is much to be done then at his mercy. We believe, and th a t the laity cannot afford to with w hat to us is good evidence, he slow in si inlying tin* great ques th at the great arm y of the priests t i o n s of the day and stm tii g need of medicine are using w hat they ed reforms along eveiy line. W»* call th e laity sim ply as m udsills to believe in good governm ent, in thqjr personal prosperity. There statesm anship in perserving anil m ust be som ething wrong when prolonging life, in public teachers graduates of medical colleges and and orators but we do not believe those who have practiced for years in the people bowing down to a differ so widely in regard to the merciless avaricious priesthood and ad m in istratio n of drugs. 'Pake, lor subm itting patiently to the yoke, exam ple, the drug known as q u i building the Egyptian pyram ids of nine. Some physicians give this lives of leisure and colossal for the first thing in case of fever. To tunes for those who toil not, nor be sure, this, with several other spin, excepting an evil net in kinds of drugs, weakens the patient, which to catch their fellowmen. hut they explain how it is all nec essary. Now an o th er school of C h ristian S alo o n . physicians claim th a t this is actu The Princeton U niversity, which ally crim inal, and th a t the ad m in istration of these drugs is only to was founded by Presbyterian clergy keep the people in ignorance of the m en, and whose professors are also best and sim plest m ethods of curing instructors in the Princeton Theo- diseases in order to preserve the logical Sem inary, where Presby- p racticeo f th eo ld school physicians. terians are trained for the m inistry, W hatever he the tru th , this we seems to have a saloon in connec know, th a t the laity are the victims tion, which is known as the Prince and th a t universal education and ton Inn. Some of the alum ni own m ental liberty is our only salvation. the place but it is run by a profes Geikie say», “ all reforms begin sional hotel and saloon keeper with the laity, and with the ob- I h»* proprietors have been having scure,” and if this is tru e we should s" nie difficulty in obtaining a not w ait for the puffed up, pompous license lately, but after the Chris- priests, physicians, or politicians to ^ an professors had signed the peti- do our th in k in g for us. tion, there not being the requisite i We even have priests who con- num ber, it was presented to Ex- trol our teeth. A few crafty d e n t P resident G rover Cleveland who ists with the aid of the priests of lives on the sam e street. He read politics have fixed things up in such ily signed it and now the students a way th a t they have absolute con of this great U niversity will have DEALERS IN- trol of this branch. They even have the privilege of toughening their the brass to act as an exam ining brains whenever they wish, without hoard them selves th u s sh u ttin g off patronizing an y th in g th at isn’t all com petition. The following “ swell ye know.” from the K lam ath F alls E xpress W hat a howl of holy terror would shows how a priest of politics m ay go up from the C hristians if the Corner H ain and W a te r Streets use a bad law to vent a spite on an Liberal U niversity would have a innocent m an. saloon on its grounds, upheld and SILV ER TO N , O RE. “ In the words of Col. Ingersoll, patronized by its faculty. But the ‘it is sweet to the man who has , . j .1 , people who send their sons and heard the p rattlin g voices of 1 1 JO H N H IC K S SA M U EL AMES his own ch ild ren ’ to know th at a ‘»atighters to our Secular school case of m alignant persecution m is need not fear, for no stirnulents will carried and all the Hash it made he used by the students with the was in the pan. approval of the faculty, for we do S atu rd ay aftenoon after I)r. F. P. not lielieve in “ taking a little wine DEALERS IN Ashworth had left town, after giv ing bonds while here to ap pear at i°r our stom ach s sake, even Good the November term of court to an- healthful food and fresh air are swer to the charge of having pr-ic- the only stirnulents th a t are neces- ticed dentistry w ithout being regia- sary, not because a holy book says A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S tered, upon a complHiut 8w..rn out th a t o wine ¡, a niOcUpr „ b u t lw. by Judge . C. Hale, the latter ar- . ’ r j , in a Fishing Tackle, Cutlery, Sporting Goods, Etc., Etc. rived from Spring Creek and swore ca,,se hum an experience has dem- out another com plaint against Ash- onstrated it lieyond a doubt. SILVERTON, OREGON. worth for practicing d en tistry upon _____________ ___________________ _________ C u s i t e r òc D a v e n p o r t .. .GENERAL M E R C H A N D IS E Hicks & Ames H ardw are, Tinw are, Stoves, another person. The oohsUble M t about 6 p. m. S aturday fo r N. S. c ... * . . „ . > Drew’s ranch at H ildebrand when- c£ * , ------- Send -----..................... us $1.00 and . receive .... the* # Mr. Ashworth was stopping, hut found th a t h* had already left for his home a t San Jose, Cal. so the w arrant rem ains unserved. The whole com m unity is highlv incens- ed over the affair.” The legislation which gives these t T orch ok R eason one vear am i» c ,,ur new song book of S e c u la r, Joongs set to fam iliar tunes. 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