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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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J. C. Welcome,
3.00 D
titled to one vote although he held
escent of M a n ..................
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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
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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
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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
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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
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C .A .S N O W & C O .
Wanted-An Idea
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and new iu t of one tbousauJ Inventions wanted.