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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1897)
T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , 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 Hi, 1897. and if our friends are mi-led and the superintendent of th e N ational H e|.e,ofl>re L i,w alH have have not hesitate, ju st at the outset when we Heretofore Liberals . .. ... . Indian School. We are pained to , need help most, our w ork will he The Only Paper of Its Kind. le.,rn that he is a Christian a,„| lan-n able to have permanent work- greatly ret aided. We are very Published Weekly by the Liberal Ini- ,j)at p|.ote»tantism is tau g h t 111 the ing- organizations because there much encouraged now f«»r a n u m ’ 7 ? o X r u c U T C ^ '.^ «fit««!- 11 ’ "e,,is to° bad ,b a t th e have been two antagonistic ele- ber of our friends here are com ing poor Indian boy» and girls . . are ,nent8 that have tried to work t >- to our aid financially; Secular iam- r ' ----- ------- E. H osm er,....................... Editor taught this degrading superstition, gether. One of these elem ents can-J ¡lies are m oving into Silverton o i W. G eer,....................... M an ag er wbicb jeave8 iheir m inds in as had not organize even it alone because ' account of the U niversity and we condition as did their old In d ian its members are anarchistic or in- have been abb* to purchase a very E ntered at th e jxistoffice at Silverton, . , th « , Oregon, as second-class m ail m atte r. tra d itio n s; a n d w hen we th in k th a t dividualistic, m any of them not tine collection "f books for the ju st a few m iles from h ere is an - even believing in the organizations library, scientific ap p aratu s and a SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (M, other public Indian school where we call homes. It is im possible, very essential piece of fu rn itu re for One year, in advance................... 5t C atholicism is taught it m akes us for such to organize because they the building as soon a s it is ready, Six m o nths in ad v an ce.................... 25 sad indeed. T hree m onths, in a d v an c e ................ 'I hese In d ian s from have no definite ideas on the great \ ()W a l«»ng pull, a strong pull and In clubs of five or m ore, one year, , i inadvance....................................... 75 th e d ifferen t schools m ust m eet an d questions of the day out a r e gov- a pull altogether, and this beauti- Money should be sent hv registered ,f ih e y a r e i n t e l l i g e n t they m ust ,-rned l>\ their im m ediate caprices. , fuj, golden land ot the setting sun le tte r or money o n lei. J , bft^ t ,iere is a g r e a t difference T h is ren eg ad e e le m e n t h as alw a y s will witness the unfolding of a n between Catholicism and Prob giant ru in e d ev ery work th a t th e S ecu other bud of our glorious W estern Notice! ism, and this with their n atu ral la jarI8| ris ts 8 jia. have tried to do because civilization. A pencil m ark here den o tes th a t y o u r , fro m c iv i l iz a t i o n . > h av .v e n o t u n d ersto o d subscription will e x p ire w ith th e next 3 * ‘ . becular istfe .... number. You are earn estly requested m ust, and does, ruin m any of our • t wbat has been the malt*»*; hu In d e p e n d e n c e . p.K,r brothers anti Kisters,,he n » t i v ,! 111)w u , „ w U who h a w ide..e ¡„ per w ith o u t in te rru p tio n , 'fiie following foolishness was cided th a t it is best for all concerned Americans. A m erican s, I he worst of it is th a t common concerning the main ques- th a t we do not send papers longer th an clipped from the editorial page of th e tim e paid for unless so ordered. this treatm ent makes m any «»1 them ^jons involved in saving the world T his will prevent any loss and we will hypocrites and tip n th e y are de- from the evils of ignorance, super- the Signs of the 1 imes: know ju st w here we stan d . “ T he feeling of independence rp, is by the very men who help i J . SLIIHHI gfjtion <1IIU a pd IC<U, fear, » begin h i 1 1 to vw under- We request you to send us th e nam es spised . 1 . o’l-ii I 1 - a • .i i . u« , «. inherent hum an nature. in c of Secularists who m ight lieeome su b m ake them r. so. v 'rkiu I its iutt’t is t t a ll, it « j 8tan(| , he conditions and reasons of^ (1(,c |a in ra ti„„ of ¡„.Icpendense Torch of Reason ... " ofbeing ,,'t",duc,'d O u r S u c c e s s C e r t a in . scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. a dow nright steal and dam nable , (,(eir ()ft. t.e|(e;, te(1 failures. “ Know- agajn8t God was m ade by Lucifer, THURSDAY, SEPT. ¡6, E. M. 297 fraud to tax the thousands of jedge j8 power” in this work as in the courts of heaven, and next, .... .. ..k ... ftil. at ot his hie instigation, inwt io-ntion by hv man m an in in the th e nooTkle who who do do not no, believe heli-*ve in in teach- teach- wej, \ ... ii ag ¡n everything ------------------------------------------------------ ! people else. In l r , Sil- At C h em a w a . ing such trash to support school- v e rto n a „ d vicinity we have a large G arden of Eden, when he set about him self equal God, and One ev en in g T sT week we accept- a " d W » - c h e r . to teach these old num lw r ,,f pe(,p |e who „ „ „ e rsta n d to »» m ake biln8elf - T “ ' to God’ thus independent of his au th o rity . ed a k in d invitation from our L d,. [ heathenish m yths. W hat are we the gitua, io„ and thig is w|,y we The first m arked feature to m an i ea a Kinu in v u a u o n iroin o u i u h »- . w I eral brother, Mr. F. J. Beaty, Hnd ! 8o ln 8 to d ° a ‘out 11 ‘ ' ' e are 8 ° are succeeding in spit.* of th e fest itself in the infan t is to have m ade his locality a visit. (ing to stop H ! whims, contentions and lies of the its own way; and unless this dispo We found Mr. Beaty getting a num ber of the Im tan | narrOw-minded. We hope t hat our sition is checked, it grows stronger We found Mr. Beaty getting ..............’ narrou-m u.ueu. until even in early , . 1 -i 1 l students were piesent and took the fripnds evervw here will understand - 3 1 . determ , • ready to build a new house, ms v , m en u s eveiyw nert w m uouereuii.u VQUth ,le decjare8 , his ina- fornier residence having burned I ° I a 'lES w. . 1 tri »uU < a n wt- »e th a t this kind ot organized Free- tion to have regard- have his own way, reg ard . , 1 lieve that the seed thus sown will thought work is a new departure less of what anybody else m ay say down about four years ago, com- . r . , f f ....... ^ - pelling him to live in a sm all build- I l,r’" g forth good frU,L A tler he and th a t in this constructive work or th in k .” The feeling of independence is, ing th a t was spared by the flames. Iecture was over and the offering win be ohiige(j to m eet the usual and of neces- After being treated to some de- for the cause taken we shook hands OppUSi,jon th a t is alw ays fo rth -. by uy right ought to be, ................... . . licious fruit and a good, hearty with a nu m b ero f new-found friends C()ming from those, who, like the sity m ust be, inheren t in all Intel _______ .1.. nothing ligent beings k , . o i th i r a t t T survive i v i . fnr on. o i.d with w ith m n tn anv n v g«»od (T ikh I wishes w is h e s t turned u r n e d dog 1 • .1 . . the . . hop yard . . be- ' and in the m anger, ...:n will do for any supper we went . to • r . 1 lo n g in . g . to u M rs. B t > e a ty . ’s > fa f th .1 e r, xi Mr. O u r faces toward Silverton, ’ the them selves nor let others, if they great length of time Me do h ate T , , , ............ ,1 . 1 home of many Secularists and hut can help it. We ask all F reethink- to call a brother editor a liar, and Pugh, where we were advertised J f,„ a lecture ami c u .-e rt. After f"w fa,,i,lics- The tide w as.lelight- ers to he sure and remember th at we are not going to, but we wish to l.uikling a bonfire Miss | , ePt.alti I fttl for it was a lovely e v e m n g a n d our work is now in such shape that ask our intelligent readers what is Mrs. II osmer, Mr. Geer and the with the feeling th a t we had m ade ¡t cannot be defeated even if some the most appropriate nam e to give w riter asc-nded the thron.*, a large another successful battle against of ()Ur boj(je8t. eneinieS are willing a m a n w h o s a y s ,“ th e f ir s tu e c la r a - and fear we t<) v c n ri,n inate themselves in order to tion of independence agaist God farm w agon, w hich had been fixed ignoranee, superstiiion ‘ iii» n « w > ......A ,in »1... „ „ . defeat - - . to he was m ade by Lucifer in the courts f.,r the p ttn a w , ami for at. tit two « iided u holne th *’ '>""’ldif:ht OJ si"g- w . hat they m u st know k fo u rs Lave aL eotertaionm nl ¡'>g " “ f »««'d a ' - ' ,l“ d3’l " ? 1‘lie r i„ h t of heaven, etc., etc.?” We are will lio u rs gav» an t ill. rianim m 1 b e a „ tlfu | 8 ;a rs a n d w o n d erin g how* g ' . i-r » songs, recitations, g u itar m usic,etc., men can s.ill gr..pc about in the Som e of th e que««ions a Secular- ing to wager our life th a t the w riter and expounded our ideas of Secu- d a rk cav es of old religi-ns when a ist should ask him self when growled of those foolish words don’t know larisrn to [» a a prom prom iscuous iscuous auaienee audience 1 l'ttce thought and investigation a t by wnv one « of - --r,— >1 these selfish, good-for- th a t there is a God, a Lucifer, a court of heaven, or a G arden of .ickers. Some were much [ '¡n.n8 .'be'n the I10thi„g> tear-.luwi.-e v .-r y-t h i „ g I cr (if hop-pick . . . . . ! I m a u tifu l, in s p irin g lig h t of m o d ern , . , and •' yet he says, ju dogs-in-t lie -m an g V W hat 1 1 Eden, E pleased and a p p la u d e d , o th e rs w ere ci -’ er, » a re . • st as has this growler done for the cause, though he knew* all about it, th at sad and some seemed to have the ami w hat is he now doing? Are “ the first declaration of inde - V a lu a b le A d d itio n . xdd 17'h-century sp irit of p ersecu thi re any selfish or vindictive mo pendence against god was made tio n afojused. One sister made th e . T h is week has been an eventful W hat ought we to ark w hile th e lecture wW was r r m m»rK wmm cm- ()1H. ¡„ the his,„ rv ,.f our U rivcrs- fives l,v e" fo- his grow ling? . Is " this ■ — by lucifer .” ......... progress th a t th»‘ Pl*e«l<«‘r ' ‘ought d y f.,r we have been a ‘ le to secure grow ler’s mod»* of livii g in opposi- call a m an who w ill m ake sucn to be knocked off the wagon.** We sotne very tine additions to our tion to the E thical Basis of the idiotic statem ents as th e se ? But just the mere statem ent is w. re inform ed afterw ard th a t the p arap h ern alia. F irst, we have se- O. S. S. U? H ave those whom In Ja.ly is an Adven-ist ami it is s une- c " red what goo<l /•»‘horities claim growls about as good a standing in not the greatest evil of this species e to he the best sk eleto n in th e s t a ’e & . . . . . . . . . . -.what surprising to h e a r s u c h an ex- 7* "* .1 Kt"|<.l1 " ", 1 the com m unity in which they Have of tw addle, which m ay be found in Passion of intolvrai ce from oite perience in th is work can estim ate lived as he? Is w hat he is grow l- all C hristian papers. th e gi at •wh"R<* sect is liearing su< h persecu- th e v a lu e of a good skeleton in ing the tru th or is it a lie? in ju ry that is done is the teaching tion, even i m prison me »1 and erim- teaching anatom y, physiology and We have w ritten this because we th a t independence of thought and ,inal servitude. We arc Mti.re that {,13?ene* I hen wc have securedl a du not wish our friends t<> be misled action should he crushed out of the ,we u tte re d n o t a w ord th a t we are . * ‘{¡,¡^«4 of m edkal VneychJpedia "»to th in k in g that the evil reports children, and the reason th a t the pot thf^roughly <*»mvinced is true, and even now after her expression of assault upon our person, we have rn n v il feelings toward the sister th at would lead us ,0 wish to in- and about th irty other volumes of which two or three growlers are C h ris tia n leaders want to m ake de valuable Ixioks for the library. Add trying to circulate arc tru e am i we pendent idiots out of the peoph to this an elegant secretary for the hope th a t everyone interested will originates in the desire to use them president’s office, a fine magneto- b.arn t he facts and help us to cor- for building up their unreasonable ni,K n,H ! a t» tios(op» these falsehoods as far as we churches and schools of “ faith .” As and a num ber nt n atu ral history «>■« re ><• h»*r or d ’Btroy Vi..» 1 1.... ex M >p cim • ens and « it •. seems th . « at our can; for ♦ the Ixrx aiumndu x/ mm T/Aflz de- ! no , fill 111 an QF being has any knowledge success / of our IX work hum ju her teligion j ends very largely upon our friends« of a God, “ independence of G od” is cept l»v the us»* of reason. \\ ’<* h <d ( woik is inde»*d progressing.