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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1897.
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The machinery owned by the calling for a recognition of God in
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society for printing aud binding the constitution.
These names
Bibles is antiquated and worn out. represent the great society of Chris­
If the manufacture of Bibles is con­ tian Endeavor; and other great re­
tinued new machinery must be pur­ ligious organizations are helping to
chased. It was said by Mr. Gil­ permeate the country with the same
man this forenoon that if the ap­ idea of a national Christianity.
peal for fund? receive a proper re­ Such being the circumstances of
sponse, the old building is to be the situation, it cannot be regarded
sold anyway. If the Society lives as impossible or even improbable
through its present difficulties it that this sentiment may have had
may erect a new building in something to do with this decision
Is there a n y th in g you w ant? Have you property to sell?
another part of the city.
against the adherents of the Koran.
Do you wish to bay a home? Do you wish
All details a® to the finances of If it is to be established as a rule
to go intobusiness? Do you wish
the society were refused by Mr. of national procedure that such a
to exchange real estate or
'Foulke aud Mr. Gilman. They theoretical violation of the law as
personal property?
said that they could not discuss exists in the adherence of these six
this question at the present time. Mohammedans to the religious
A statement has been issued, how­ guide-book of their race, which
F riends :— We have recently established a general Ex-
ever, in which it is said that the sanctions polygamy, without the ( hange and Inform ation business in the th riv in g city of
expenditures for the last two years slightest allusion, actual orcontem- Silxerton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant
have been $156,050.92 greater than plated, to any violation of the laws and im proved, some well established business enterprises
the receipts.
in practice, then it is evident that some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last but not le a st’
justice is here about to take on an all the lots in
inquisitorial character which will
No rioham m edans W anted.
be fatal to the survival of liberty.
No believers in the Koran are And of this there are, indeed, many
S E C U LA R H O M E
wanted in this country. Such was existing indications. — [ American
a tract of land adjoining the Liberal U niversity grounds
the decision recently arrived at by Sentinel.
and beautifully situated for homes. Below is a p artial list
the federal board of immigration in
this [New York] city. The case
The above, from our patriotic of the property we have for sale.
was that of six Mohammedan im­ friends, is certainly to the point,
migrants who had arrived from the and we begin to believe that the
C ITY P R O P E R T Y .
FA RM P R O P E R T Y ,
Orient on the steamer “California”. chains of religious intolerance are
H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilv e rto n ;
At the Barge office, upon being being rapidly forged around the beautiful location for residence. $200.
2 3 acres, weli im proved, fine house,
barn
and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;,,’
questioned, it was learned that they necks of the unsuspecting people; C o r n e r L o t near th e L iberal U n i­ S ilverton,
$4000. Will tra d e for larger
all believed in the Koran. The but we wish our dear brothers o ’ versity. $100.
farm of equal value n o t over tw en ty
ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location u nles from S ilv erto n .
Koran sanctions polygamy. And the Seutinel could see the undenia­ to L su o it,
a t $25, $50 and $75.
from this the decision was arrived ble fact that the holy bible is not O n e S e t B la c k sm ith ’s Tools and
8 acres of sp len d id f r u it an d farm ­
well estab lish ed business. A b arg ain at ing 3 1 land,
at that they must not be allowed only full of polygamy, but that it $160.
well im proved, good ru n n in g
w ater, th ree m iles from »Silverton, a t $27
to land.
is also the text book from which H o u s e a n d L o t near the depot. f>er
acre. Can divide if necessary to
As a matter of fact, not one of the persecutors draw their lessons $750.
s u it p u rch aser.
H o u s e and lot in c e n te r of tow n.
the six Mohammedans had more of intolerance.
But no matter, $3 75.
than one wife. That they were po­ Brother Sentinel, we’ll not be too H o u s e and barn w th 1 ^ acres of 1 6 0 acres of fine tim b e r, e a r s large
saw m ill, $1000. Logs can lie floated
lygamists in practice, or contem­ cranky, for unless we who believe ¡and in »Silverton. $750.
nearly all th e way to m ill.
plated becoming such in this coun­ in religious liberty “hang together,
try, no one claimed. They simply we’ll all hang separately.”
bilverton is tlw hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mo
believe in the Koran, like all good
ing here will have the splendid advantage of schoolir
Mohammedans, and this w a s the
The marshal of Kansas City
th e ir children in the only Liberal U niversity in the worl
whole case against them.
starves the prisoners unless they
There was an act of congress will attend religious services! In Silverton is beautifully situated in the g reat W illam et
A fir
passed in 1891 which enumerates olden times those in power burned valley in the foothills of the Cascade m ountains.
polygamists among the classes such wicked people at the stake,but sp ark lin g stream affords splendid w ater power and gre:
which it is thought proper to ex­ “the time of forcing people into re- advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth er inform :
Yours for business,
clude from this country. Among igion has passed away”! We live tion.
others named in this class are idi­ in a country where religious toler­
ots and insane persons, criminals, ance is practiced! Where men have
IN FO R M A TIO N B U R EA U and E X C H A N G E .
those suffering from loathesome or the power they will always oppress,
W a t k HrKEt-T,
contagious diseases, etc. To class­ and power never should be given OppoMite
L iberal Hail.
Silverton, Oregon.
ify among such persons simple be­ into any man’s ht nds, for it will be
lievers in the Koran is a proceeding abused. The marshal has no relig­
in which there is neither reason nor ion, I’ll wager a doughnut, but his
justice. And w hen it is done, as in zeal to make people think he has
th is instance, the conclusion at should bring out a public condem­
ANO
once suggests its e lf that the real nation. He should be removed
opposition in the matter is directed from office. He is worse than the
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS
against the religion for which the men who burned heretics at the
Koran stands.
stake, for he lives in a different To teach , educate and confer degree» of sc h o larsh ip upon those who by stu d io u s
This conclusion would not so century.—[Appeal to Reason.
ness are e n title d to them in A rt, Science, L ite ra tu re , Law, P h ilo so p h y a n d Theol
<»gy.
I t is well known th a t h u n d re d s of people are hig h ly qualified in varioui
readily come into view but for the
lines of scientific research, and have become practical aw well as th eo re tic al schol
fact that the United States has
We will send the T orch of R eas ­ arfi pnice leaving the school room and are deserving of a degree su ita b le to theii
within recent years been posing as on one year to five new’ subscribers cal ling. M any are w orthy and fitted, and W estern U niversity ¡ h fully a u th o riz ­
ed to honor such with a su itab le degree. O th ers, not q u ite ready, to aid th em oui
a Christian nation. Not yet have for $3.7-5, and the party getting up ami U 1 in o eCt
a »d/ tu d y ’ followed by neriodieal e x am in a tio n s
and
w
hen
th
e
candidate
is
qualified,
to g ra n t a diplom a for a su itab le decree a c
the last echoes died away of that the club will receive fifty visiting
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decision by the supreme court, in cards for his trouble. These cards
Fehruary^
thnt (his is a use. ’ as thev J have
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nave an
engraving oi Vl w e stern u n iv e rs ity , are teachers, doctors, pastors fawv
Vnristian nation . A n d with the the famous Wettutein badge beauti- D a n ic a , a u th o rs and inventors. For full p a rtic u la rs , address
opening of congress next month, a fully lithographed at the left of
million and a half ot names will your name. This ofler holds good
J- H. R A N D A LL, Ph. D., M. D.
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W ESTER N U N IV ER SITY
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cotne bef>re the national legislature un til .Jan. 1st.
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