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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.
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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
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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
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Drew’s ranch at H ildebrand when- c£ * , -------
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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. T h is ’
’ holds good until Septem ber 1st."»
t Please speak to your frie n d s,
«about this offer.
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