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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1897)
TH E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 9, 1897. N Jsrm a n , J , H . Lyons. some one to fill the vacancy. The N E W S AND NO TES, motion carried and the president JERMAN & LYONS, Is G«»d everywhere? Is he in appointed Miss K ate D ePeatt. ScG<»<»l will liegin the first Wed- P A IN T E R S . hell? A w arrant was orde red draw n on nesday in November. Why d idn’t C liriit write hisauto- the treasurer for tive dollars to pay 'I'he rain has dam pened our work House, sign and carriage p a in t biography? f° r Hie p rim in g of applications and lor a num ber of days. ing. P aper-hanging and interior Does God love his enemies? Does certificates of m em bership. A e o n - We sold a life scholarship to Mr. decoration a specialty. Charges tract was aw arded to the Liberal B» <ify of Chemawa this we»-k : who’ll reasonable. W ork guaranteed. be love the devil? University Co. for the . p rin . tin . g of be the next? The man who invents a mouse 4l , , 1000 copies of the constitution and A load of u* go to Chemawa this S IL V E R T O N ... r trap is of m ore use to th e w orld by-laws for the sum of ten dollars. evening to give a lecture and musi than ail the theologians. The subject of proxies was brought eal entertainm ent. W hy d o n ’t God have a not her son up and the hoard decided by vote and try again to save th e world? The new building m ay not he th a t they would not allow mem bers His first attem p t has been a failure. ready for occupancy by Novem ber to vote by proxy at any future ...A r tis tic W o rk Any religion or creed th at calls meeting, as proxies are very often 3d, hut the school work wi 1 go on the attention of people away from used when the parties giving them ju s t the same. this world to things of an im aginary are ignorant of the question voted We received a box of fine peaches W hen you w ant a .... one is a great evil. W ednesday from Miss D eP eatt’s Good S m o o th S h a v e on. P earl W. G eer m other, whose home is in A shland, <)r a F irst-C lass........ According to t h e Apostles’ creed, Pres. O. S. S. U. Oregon. Jesus descended into hell. W hy H a ir -C u t W ords of Gratitude. d id n ’t he convert the prisoners and F ra n k h n Steiner is with u#, and -CALL ON- m ake the devil let them out? has delivered two very interesting E ditor T orch of R eason : E. E. T A Y L O R . lectures. He lectures here again There is no greater an arch y in I found the blue pencil m ark and next S unday evening. * * * * the world t h a n orthodoxy. W here send postoffiee order of 50 cents for could he found doctrines of a worse M iss K ate D e P e a tt w as a p p o in t; d S il v e r t o n , .....................................O regon ihe continuance of the T orch . We confusion than the m iracles and ean not get aiong w ithout it, and Is t ( 1 e ta r' Gregon S tate Seen m yths of the bible? prize it especially for the sound Union at the teg u lar m eeting of Was there ever anything more moral foundation upon which it is the executive hoard last Sunday. absurd than the C hristian religion? built. I feel th a t we owe the Lib We would like very much to see Think! W orld was made in six eral U niversity C om pany a debt of all of the old students and L IV E R Y m any days— Man m ade of d ust— W oman gratitude, and hope to be able to new ones in our school this fall. FEED AN D made of a rib—AU men cursed by pay it sortie (lav. There are m any S tudents who wish to come should one eating an apple— N early all around us who would he glad to he sure to write to us about it he- STABLE destroyed by an angry God—G od’s help the work along if they had the fore deluding th a t they cannot at- Cor. W ater and Lew is ghost had a son by a hum an female tm ans, hut I hope you will not be- tend this year. S treets. —God, ghost and son one—Son come discouraged, for if business re U n iversity Fund. killed to save the worM, and the vives in Oregon I he University fund world not saved yet. r,,. . , Double Rigs and Saddle H orses alw ays will lie increased. F ran k lin Steiner 1 he am ount given in tins fund , on hand a t th e low est prices. A corr’al m u s t now he a t Silverton. Wre : is actu al cash paid in. regardless of ' connected w ith th e barn for loose stock. Board M eeting. In fo rm a tio n reg ard in g any kind of hope to hear him when he comes w hat has been prom ised: stock tly a tte n d e d to, by person The executive board of the O. S. to Oregon City. We have no Free- Previously acknowledged, $325 00 or le tte p r. ro m H p orses Boarded an d Fed on D. Buckingham , Calif., 20.00 reasonable term s. S. U. held a regular meeting at Lib Dr. B. L. H jerm stad, Ohio, 5 00 eral H all, S unday m orning. All people die there is the usual ortho E. Stevens, Idaho, 5.00 < ( dox funeral service. This is all 0 . Sorenson, 3 00 N. J. HARDESTY. the m em bers of the board were < ( M. P. Gifford, 2.50 ¡»resent either in person or by proxy. right among C hristian people, hut << 2.00 it seems very inconsistent among Jo h n Hancock u A ttention was called to the om is Byron Camp, 1.00 Freethinkers. Somehow the thought (t M. W inkler, L00 sion of the president’s decision in is repulsive Io me, th at when I die « T. L. H u n t, 1.00 « t h e m inutes of the last special m eet I m ust he preached over bv a m in J. W inkler, 1.00 (( 1.00 ing of the hoard. The decision was ister of a gospel which I believe to G. A. W 'nkler, u M. D. Chaffee, 1.00 We can fu rn ish th e follow ing liooks in substance th a t the officers, and he untrue. I wish some kind Lib « Chas. Osborn, 1.00 well hound in cloth ; good p rin t, sta n d a rd not the offices, of the 0 . S. S. IT. con eral th in k er would write som ething A. A Leonard, Oregon, 5.00 sizes, for th e ex tre m e ly low’ price of stitn te the executive board, and J. Plum m er & wf., “ 3 00 «0 cen ts each, postage lb cen ts. D o n ’t « H. Kelley, 5.00 fail to tak e ad v an tag e of th is offer. therefore E. L. Sm ith was only en O rigin of S p e c ie s................ C has. D arw in «< J. C. Welcome, 3.00 D titled to one vote although he held escent of M a n .................. “ “ u I. S. Geer <fc Co., 3.00 two offices. Secretary S m ith a d <r R. E. Reed, 2 50 D ata of E th ic s . . . . u m itted th a t the decision was m ade, and th in k it the most beautiful Geo. Hayes, .80 E m e rso n ’s Essays « but refused to m ake the correction thing conceivable. S. Ames, 19.00 H isto ry French R evolution “ “ Oregon. M rs . A nnie T ufts ti to the m inutes unless the hoard C. E. Glaze, 3.50 Discourses of E p ic te tu s (( voted for him to do so. The vote 5.00 P ast and P re s e n t............T hom as C arlyle We give the Torch of Reason and J. E. Johnson, H y p a tia .................................. C has. K ingly was taken and Secretary Sm ith a n the Freethought M agazine for one MATERIAL, ETC. A utobiography of Benj. F ran k lin nounced th at there were four votes year for the sm all sum of $1.50. Previously acknowledged, $208.50 Fifteen Decisive B attles of th e o rld ............................ E . C. Creasv M artin K lein, ( work) 11.00 T cn n v W for, and four against correcting the Now is Hie Lime to subscribe. so n ’s Poem s u B B. S m ith, 5.00 m inutes, he having voted twice u 4.00 Notice our ad for our New Song ( )scar < 'a ven der, for himself and twice for the two ___ P o p e’s Poem s 1 hose little hooks have cost M ilto n ’s Poems proxies he heid, against the correc Book H o o d ’s Poems tion The president again made us much labor and we want to sell B u rn s’ Poems R obert B row ning’s Poem s the decision th a t Mr. Sm ith had them . Send for one and write to Byron ’s Poem s your friends about it. hut o n e vote and declared the mo sm all p rin t S h a k e sp ea re ’s Poem s tion carried and ordered the m in sm all p rin t E l HEK HARDESTY, utes corn cted. Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat ent business conducted for M o d e r a t e F e e ». Ihe strong opposition on the part Address, O u r O f f ic e i s O p p o s it e U . S . P a t e n t O f f ic e M | k ) W . and we can secure patent in less tune than those of the secretary to correcting the JO NES’ BOOK STORE, remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or p h i to., with descrip 291 A l d e r S t . m inutes, after ad m ittin g they were PO R TLA N D , tion. W e adv.se, if patentable or not, free of Will practice in all courts of th e state. charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. O regon . wrong, called forth a motion from Special a tte n tio n given to collections A P a m p h l e t . “ How to O btain P aten ts,” with cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries Supt. Hosmer to declare the office and n o tary w ork. sent free. Address, Who can think o f some simple of r cretarv vacant and th a t the R oom 3. W olf B lock . thing to patent ? Protect your Ideas : th ey mav bring you wealth. president he instructed to appoint SIL V E R T O N , OREGON. Write JOHN WEDDEKBCRN A CO.. Patent Attor O p p . P a t e n t O f f i c e . W a s h i n g t o n . D. C. i LITTLE POINTS. B arber Shop S ilverton GOOD BOOKS C .A .S N O W & C O . Wanted-An Idea neys. Washington. D. C.. for their $1.800 prise offer and new iu t of one tbousauJ Inventions wanted.