Image provided by: Silverton Country Historical Society; Silverton, OR
About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1898)
T H E T O R U I OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , A P R IL 21, 1898. 8 Inform ation Bureau To Raise Five T housand D ollars We will furnish tloon to you with Mr. H ay and Mr. LaSalle and for th e U n iv e rsity . your nam e and address printed <»n family. Mr. L aSalle’s daughter them for 75 cents per hundred, Anna has been very sick since my Secularists, $1.50 for 250, or $2 50 for 500 post last visit to H arrisburg, but I was P. C. M"sier,will give paid. Let the people know where glad to find th a t she is recovering TS T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU WANT 50 \ I 1J » Lou Ames will give and has bwpeg of soon being well 1 If so, m ake your w ants known tons , ra» you stand A F r ie n d w ill g iv e ........................... oO r again. Mr. H ay kindly rowed me and we will trv and supply them . If D. Buckingham will g iv e........... 50 w hat we do for you is w orth’ nothii _ t across the W illam ette and I m ount von, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast voUr Abroad A. Slanian, M. D , will give .. 50 ed tfie wheel and pedalled aw ay for eve over the list, and th e n write to up K. C. Burt is will g iv e............... 50 1 Read our ad. on page 6. Address Tuesday, April 12, I took the A Friend will g iv e .................... 50 Junction City, a distance of four IN FO R M A TK )N B U R E A U , ( • Ames will give...................oO train for H ubbard, w h e re arrange- I njy es> where I was billed to lecture I’“ I 100. S ii . v ei ; K,\. i iKE P. Rauch will give..................... o mente had been m ade for trie to lec- s „ n(iav nitrht School T e a c h e r .—A young lady, w|,n D. Bolton will g iv e..................... 50 t . . .. t Sunday night is a thorough S ecu larist, would like eu,. ii l - • i .. „ ;ii -ji ture th a t evening. Mr. Kester had I found that Mr. W ilkinson had H arry Bricker will g iv e............. OO ® plovnrient in a public school. She holds E. Stewart will give 50 h-ft nothing undone in the way of m ade all the arrangem ents for the a th ird -g ra d e certificate and can give A Friend will g i v e ....................... 50 arrangem ents, and consequently w«* lecture and Prof. Sibbitls kindly good references. Mr. H jerm stad, / - q had a splendid crowd at th e lecture. furnished the music, which added S chool T e a c h e r.—A gentlem an with Friend from W aldo Hills \ th irty y ears' ex p erien ce in the school I bis was the fitst Secular lecture in greatly to to the program . The room, who holds a s ta te te a ch e r's certifi IL Allen will g i v e ......................50 L .E . F u ller will * > v e . 50 th a t " (" r years, and m any pen- audience was not very large, hut cate, would like em ploym ent as teacher. F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... 50 pie came through curiosity to see better than we expected, for the Can teach vocal am i in atu m en tal music* what the cause of Secularism really churches m ade an extra effort to C are o f C h ild re n .— A girl of 19 provided th at steady and q u ie t, S ecu larist, wants sit Let us hope that they found draw our crowd aw ay from us. uation as c are-tak er an d teach er of chil more men (or women) is. will give the sam e nut and that the m ajority of them They did not accom plish m uch, d ren . Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi en ts of m usic amt plays th e organ. am ount. W here are are well enough satisfied so that however, and the cause of Secular m References given ami required. the eighty-three? they will attend Secular lectures ism still flourishes. Mr. W ilkinson S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who whenever they have an o p p o rtu and family are congenial people are thoroughly in terested in the «-ause nity. I met many Secularists at the and I enjoyed my stay with them are w anted to h elp build up a Secular -li co m m unity n e ar Silverton, Oregon. It lecture and spent the next m orning very m uch. The two children will is th o u g h t liest th a t each m em her of the NEW S AND NOTES. visiting them . H ubbard c u l d have receive their education at the Lib co m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or her own, which can very easily he ob a Secular Sunday school if we had eral U niversity. Miss G ertrude tain ed . W rite to us. Mrs. B. F orstner, of Salem Ore., some one to put in charge of it. M illiorn is still at home and ex R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres, Among those I met are Mr. and house and b arn , good orch ard , ail fenc presses a desire to be able to attend contributed six splendid volumes ed, 8 m from Silverton, n ear school, Mrs. Kester and th eir daughter the Liberal U niversity again next 35 acres iles to the library last week. im proved, on m ain road. Price Lena, who takes the Little Candle, term . Miss Sihhitts is another $8(1(1. F. S. M atteson, of T urner, O re , Mj. ftnd Mrs M(. W(,,feJ. T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, all who hopes to receive an education fenced, good sp rin g , 14» m iles from Sil sent Mans 1 lace in N ature , by Hn(j Dr. an(j Mrs. Weaver, where I in our institution. Y esterday I verton. Price $700. One h u n d red and six ty acres; 12 H uxley, for the lih raiy . took dinner. 1 also met several called at the home of George Bai acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton. J. E. Hosmer has accepted the others whose nam es I fail to recall, ley and had a very pleasant time Price $300. nom ination for State Superintend- After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Kester and a good dinner. I will spend H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in Eastern took me in their carriage to Wood the rest of this day in and near Oregon writes to th e Inform ation Bu ent of Public Instruction. reau as follow s: “ I w an t a woman who Those who wish to belong to tin burn, where I took the train for Junction Uity and then try my is able to work ; a «rood cook, and a nice “ l u c k ” in other places. I am out housekeeper. We live on a farm and Library Association may do so by Silverton. have no ch ild ren a t hom e. We have After spending a few days at in the interest of the cause, and work hands i n t h e sp rin g ami through placing a hook in the library. home, I “ hit the road” again. Fri- wherever I can best serve the cause, hay h arv est. The wom an (or girl) we em ploy m u st lie agreeable and we prefer We are in receipt of an o th er line I (|.ly (.V(,n i„g , |O()k , he (riij)) f()rA|. there you will find me. a L iberal. If we get one to su it, we load of potatoes from Mr. M. Cooley. baliyi wb,.re J arrived In tim e to would w ant h e r by th e year, or as long P earl W. G eer . as she w anted to stay , if it is until death We can’t he starved out as long as Rnd K(>mK (ri,.nds bef,)re Ju nction City, Ore. April 18. p arts u s .’’ we have bueh friends. q,, • r I vi-ited • i .i the ex- Sim*e ad v ertisin g as above the lady I he . next . m orning has taken th ree g ran d ch ild ren to care The C hristian Nations, the United press oflice, where a bicycle was in 5tockholders’ M eeting. for. She is therefore still m ore in need of help and will pay go<xl wages. States and Spain, ought to pi ay if wailing for me. W ith the aid of a Notice is hereby given th at th ere they haven’t, or ought to stop if friend I succeeded in putting the th a t’s what they have been doing, m achine together and took it out for will he a m eeting of the stockhold T R A C T S OF ers of the Silverton Liberal Union A nything to save Cuba! a trial, which proved to he a sue- If every C hristian in our land ce,‘sful <>ne- 1 ............ w have com- for the transaction of anv and a l l 1 would read the article in this issue P8n>' <>n ,,1V t r if’s- 8,1,1 «'though my business that m ay he legally j the meeting, at from H erbert Spencer, they would com panion may at times prove to brought before e d it e d b y be obliged to pray pretty hard or 1>e a treacherous one, I am sure I L’beral H all, Silverton, Ore., April ELIZA MOWRY BLIVEN lose th eir tail!) in the Bible ere- ean UHe U 1(1 K"od »«'vantage in the 30, E. M. 298, at 2:00 o’clock p. m. C ontaining condensed a rg u m e n ts in fa- voi of Moral S ecu larism am i Right By order of the President. cause of Secularism Living, am i ag ain st S u p e rsti at ion storv. L. A mes , Sec’y. tio n , Im m o ra lity and W hile in A lbany I called on Miss In te m p e ra n c e . “ T he Dem ands of L iberalisin'’ is W illitt, who is an enthusiastic Sec JU S T T H E T H IN G the title of a 64 page pam phlet is U niversity Fund. to .h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Pub sued by the T ru th Seeker Co , New u larist, and was glad to learn th at lished m onthly a t $1.00 per year (50 she intends to travel in the interest York, a t ten cents a copy. It deals . , . . The .... am ount given in ... this fund tra c ts each m o n th ), bv at length with the nine dem ands of ° 1 H caUH>’ com pany with Miss, ¡g a c tu a j cag|, pa id jn< regardless „ rdless of | t I I O I' I «-» a tour .-V » » M of A the I - <-» M a« •-» what 1 a I has I been prom ised: * 1 THE LIBERAL U N IVER SITY CO,, »rcible argu argu- iLkJb.ott ‘R,>alL m aking coun- Liberalism and is a forcible _ Silverton . . . Oregon ,, .. , , try this summer. She expects to he Previously acknow ledged,. .$625.30 m ent against the union of church ~ , . * u ... ™ 1.00 a t the convention this year, and l .n in n n and state. 3.60 M 'M IL L A N & PITM AN will add to the entertainm ent, as 5.00 i Remember if you send tis the she is a good violinist. I also had ‘ A’ Ur” 8 17 I . « I l i J. I » ' • ■> ' ' Scientific W isdom . •7 nam es and addresses of 2o of your Liberal friends and acq u ain t- ances, we will m ake you a present of a copy of the Torch of Reason Song Book No. 1. I bis will only cost you a few m inutes’ work and a two-cent stam p. | the pleasure of a visit w ith Dr. H ill while in A lbany, and enjoyed look- ing at |,jp fine collection of n atu ral history specimens and Indian rel- jC8. Dr. H ill is a very interesting nian to talk with, being well vers- ed in the topics of the day. Secularists, would you not like to Leaving A lbany in the afternoon on the train , I arrived at H arris- burg in a short tim e and called on some of the Secular friends, nviv, a am im ong in g whom are Mr. Tvler, Mr. T iacv, have some letter heads printed with Secular sentim ent and W ettstein’s Freethought badge, o ® to use in cor- respondent» with your friends? M A T E R IA L , ETC. Previously acknowledged, $274.50 Religion teaches man to sing praises to God, but all such singing does not drown sorrow or relieve hum an w ant.— [Investigator. B U T C H E R S — All k in d s of choice- ...F R E S H M E A T ... Always on h an d an d sold at The In ca rn atio n has to T>e believed w ith o u t evidence. T here is no way it can Ire estab lish ed . It is beyond th e reach and realm of reason. It defies ole • i • in d > ep e n d , en t t of , e x p tr- servation eervation and , is ience.—[Ingersoll S ta n d a rd * P rice s. W e pay th e highest price C ash f o r F a t S to c k . ....G iv e U s a C a l l....