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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1898)
« T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , O REGON , TH U R SD A Y , JU N E 2, 1S98. To Raise F ive T h o u san d H ollars of people th a t ever congregated at © '« • § ®F ® I® • I n f i > r i n *i t < m f o r t h e U n iv e r s it y . this popular burying ground. An ¿ 2 - J lir ic llO l -------- obituary will appear in our next g f CORRESPONDENCE. ■ -“ ecuiarisis, issue. oXo I ■ ! P. C. Mosier,will give. .$50 S T 11E R E A N YTB IN (. YOU WAN T? jX Lou Arnes will g iv e ... 50 The p arty of young people who So It Grows. If so, m ake y o u r w ants known t . ue A Friend will give....................... 50 visited us in our new home last and we will trv ami supply them . If 1). Buckingham will g iv e ........... 50 S atu rd ay evening, was a very en- E ditor T orch of R eason : w hat we do for you is w orth n o th ii,. A. Slam an, M. D„ will g iv e .. . 50 jo Jg b le affajr ComP Rgain Enclosed please find money order you, we will u ill ex expect p ect no pay. Cast \ r R C. Burtis will g iv e............... 50 lor six dollars one for subscription i r T ie list’ an'1 tllv" ivr*te 1 u'- _ 1 Read o u r ad. on page 0. Address, Make arrangem ents as soon as A Friend will g iv e...................... 50 IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U . C. F. Ames will give.................... 50 you can to move to Silverton. A to the Torch and five for the U ni Box 100. SlLVEItTOX, O rf > versity fund. P. Rauch will give...................... 50 more productive, healthier, happier D. o . n Bolton onon w will in g iv i v e e...................... ......................... o 50 u , y School T e a c h e r .— A young lady, w. O. T. G lenn is a th o ro u g h S ecularist, would like »■ H arry F ricker will give 50 Place cannot *,e found. Come and C incinnati, Ohio. ploym ent in a public school. She holds E. Stew art will give g iv e ................... 50 be one t° help build up a Secular Stewart a th ird -g ra d e certificate ami can giVe A Friend will g i v e ........... 50 Home. good references. P leased W ith th e Torch. Mr. H jerm stad, / 50 Again we cut down expenses by S chool T e a c h e r.—A g entlem an w >, Friend from W aldo Hills \ th irty y ears' experience in th e school E ditor T orch of R eason : JL Allen will g i v e ......................50 suspending publication of the Lit loom , who holds a sta te te a c h e r’s eertiti- L. E. F u ller will g iv e................. 50 tie Candle. The unexpired sub I thought I would write to you | cate, wouhl like em p lo y m en t as teacher F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... and in stu ......... m e n ta l musi« BCfiptions will he filled by the Lit- and tell von th a t we are more than Can ‘ *" teach *...... vocal ............. ... ................ _ _ _ .* J . E. Brooks will g iv e................. 50 . _ C are o f C h ild re n . A girl of pi, Ju liu s F ish e r................................. 50 lie F reethinker, published by IL pleased with your paper, the Torch G. Green, of Chicago. ( o f R e a s o n . I a m a t present staying steady an d q u iet, S ecu larist, wants sit- ^i provided th a t hil- with lo,,v z ; ,,, — uation as c are-tak er an d teach er of chi lady who is i very pious Iren. Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi Mr. J . A. Tufts, of Oswego, Ore- w- more men (or women) m en ts of m usic and plays th e organ. will give the sam e gon, m ade us a very pleasant call tb at is, on six days she believes in R eterences given and required. TL, and nd his b ia family fn™i 1 „ hope cheating her fellow C hristians sa mi am ount. W here are laat last week. He th e eighty-one? <-ii home n<7iu<- he ih - on the seventh acting holy. As it S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists w to m ake Silverton their . , , seems to he a threat comfort to h e r thoroughly in terested in the cause f°re another year, so as to have the . g 1 lo neI are w anted to help build up a Secula benefit of the Liberal U niversity. to have the sins of each week fo r- co in m u n ity n ear S ilv erto n , Oregon. 1 w ' given each S u n d ay ,I have no obiec- 18 l* Pt th a t each m em ber of th< NEW S AND NOTES. T h e C a th n lip s - u p hnilrlin<r a . • . . , c o m m u n ity own a little hom e of his oi r' ‘ tioiis w hatever to her so d o iiu ? . h er own, which can very easily he ob m onastery near Silverton. They Iiut herc ¡„ |h e p(>in, to whieh j tained. Write to ns. O Z -4 Z ^ Z <4 Z Z <. Z ^ have the advantage of us, so far as ,(bject: s h e ¡„pi6ts th a t o „ S unday We are indebted to Mrs. B lair for i , , , ■> — ~ ............. — ------ " " j R e a l E s ta te for S ale. — SO acres money is concerned, but th eir doc- wft niust have a private prayer house an d b arn , good o rch ard , ail fenc a generous donation of brick. trines are old and imbecile, w hile m e e tin g fo r t,™ h n .iro o n ,™ e d , 8 m iles from S ilverton, n ear school meeting. So for two hours, some- 35 acre8 im proved, on m ain road. Pric The wild straw berries of the ours <11 e vigorous and progressive. Gmes more, but never less, we rend $ kix ). W aldo H ills c a n ’t be beaten. They are losing; we are gaining. in the w h in h T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, al J * & e in the book which some people a re | fenced> good 8pring, p 2 m iles from Si! Don’t forget the L ibrary. Send Instead of learning to steal aw ay foolish enough to think is inspired, verton. Brice $700. a good book and become a member. from school in order to have a good N ow you know as a schoolteacher, ° nt b" n<btd and sixty , ----- at res, , H Bureau I az az az a z >4 a z az acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton H elp us pay for the lum ber now, tim e, as the students do in pious so we can go on with the building. institutions, the students of the Lib- The team s haul six loads of rock eral U niversity will have a good each per day. T he basem ent will tim e , right in the school, and the teachers will enjoy helping them to soon he completed. learn to so mix work and beneficial Some of us c a n ’t understand why play as to get the most happiness it rain s nearly every tim e th e Infi- out-of life dels go straw berrying. One school of this state gets $45,- o a c g tb The city of Silverton was filled 000 .................... e v e ry year from ...... the United ' with people on decoration day. States governm ent and $2,500 from The exercises and music were ex the state. If each F reethinker in cellent. the U nited States would give five The prune trees on the U niversi cents for the support of the L iberal ty grounds are, in common w ith all U niversity, we would have a very « a * . _ _ fruit trees around Silverton, loaded much larger sum and 1 could build a th is year. school th at would be the wonder of The lum ber begins to come, and the world. H ave you paid in your the stone work will soon be done. nickel? Now, if we can pay for the lum ber How foolish it sounds for one the building will go right up. who claim s to he free from such We don’t pray, but we receive things to talk about God and com food. “ The good and perfect gift” rades meeting in heaven, and the of a side of bacon is one of the la t victims of the Maine disaster being ushered into the presence of their est, ami I I . E. Klein is the donor. m aker w ithout , time to u tte r < a * fee- ire The first load of lum ber for the . . l»le prayer; and yet such were the Liberal University building was words of one of the speakers or» hauled last S aturday. Mr. H. E. mem orial day in Silverton. Why Klein has the honor of hauling the not leave th a t nonsense out, first load. brother? Mr. T. D. Allen k in d ly assisted L u m b er F und. us in finishing the well at the d in ing hall. The well is now com lo raise $1000 im m ediately, pleted, and the new pum p “ acts J . H. M orris has p a id ...................... $ 1.00 Geo. R iches 1.00 well its p a rt”. — Mr. Jam es Down, a well known Secularist of this place, died of h eart failure last S aturday. The rem ains were interred in the Miller Cemetery, M onday at 2:30 p. n i.,in the presence of the largest num ber D rake A W ebb B. A. L eonard J . Wolf 1-4 • • I. A dam s Jc rrv D esart P. C. M osier P eter R auch M rs. R. A. Bell C lare G. Stoll O. T. G lenn “ “ “ “ “ II .50 ........................... I cannot object very much to such Brice $300. proceedings, or these C hristians,! „ , a ’ H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in E asteri w h o have such “brotherly love” for Oregon w rites to th e Info rm atio n Bu ev erv o n e(?), would refuse to let me Fea® as f°fi°w8: “ I w ant a woman win - is able to w o rk ; a good cook, and a nic< teach th eir schools. housekeeper. We live on a farm anc have I am glad we can boast of a Lib- hav? no J10 ch , ild . ren a t hom e. We hav< . . . work h an d s in th e sp rin g and throug eral I niversitv h i the United hay harvest. The woman (or girl) <v States, even if it is as far off as Or- em ploy m u st lie agreeable and we prefe egon. I would like to h a v e v o n r v îp w s 1 w o u ld . liKG to I ave your views on our being g u a rd e d by a special providence. I have had several ‘d isputes with an o th er school teach- * Un ««• • .i - cr on this point, he affirm ing th a t when a person dies it is caused by an “ all-wise god”, and I claim ing thaX it is due to n atu ra l causes I wish the Torch of Reason and the Liberal 1 niversitv great success, M. H. I «« » ï Z, L 4 1 • L C j a L iberal. If we g et one to su it, \v wou .1(1 w ant b e r by th e y ear, or as Ion as she w anted to stay , if it is u n til deal p arts us. Since ad v ertisin g as above the lad’ ¡,as ,akT n. th,ree « ran d c h ild ren to cai *°r. Mie is therefore still m ore in nee of h elp and will pay good wa«es. BOOKS BY HENRY GEORGE. 1 4 T h e S cience of P o litic a l E co n o m y , T his w ork,in all m ain e ssen tials finish e d » was begun in 1891, and was intendec by H enry G eorge to be th e crowninj ach iev em en t of h is life. W ider in scopi o; o o o ■ o o><c th a n ttie w orld-fam ous “ Brogress au< P o v e rty ” , it is w ritten io th e sam e luci< . ; n a p h ic style. t p resen ts politics ,0 . econom y in the new aspect of a clear aru ¿ 5 ^ fascinating science; a science whirl “ , needs no technical know ledge or specia Un. .. I u 1 learn in g to stu d y ami w hich appeals U Don t he a croaker; be a worker, th e vast m ajo rity of m en because il m u , ___ 1 . in , 1 tre a ts of th e b u rn in g problem —th e get- he m an w h o composed O v e r th e tin g of a living. B ublished in one octav* W ave W altz did more for the world v,’lum e of n early boo pages, w ith photo , , , g rav u re p o rtra it taken ju st lxifore M . **ian ne who s a id , 1 hou sh alt n o t G eorge’s d e a th . Price $2.50. * T*_____ x__ P ro g re s s ~ and P o v e rty . suffer a ___.• witch A to 1 live.” 12 mo. clo th , $1.00; p a p er 25 cents. The place to poison the whole A P e rp le x e d P h ilo so p h e r. stream ie at Its fountain-head, when SocmlProblemL.00' P“Per' 2® 12mo. clo th , $1.00; p ap er, 2 5 cents. it first gushes forth from the m oun P ro te c tio n or F re e T rad eP tain side. Childhood, the fountain 12mo. clo th , $1.00; pajx-r, 25 cents. head of life, is often poisoned by T h e L a n d Q u e stio n . superstition, and the whole life P r o p e r ty in 1 L a n d . ruined. A controversy with the Duke of Argyll P ap er, 20 cents. Secular parents have been too Tile Condition o f L ab o r. in regard to their children’s » o V h ^ r ^ ^ o ™ . 1, , 11 ................... loo education. True S ecularists are Property ¡ q Land, The Condition of Labor The Lar ~ “ _ ind ‘ Question. 5o’ot) d°»ng very wrong to send their Bound to g eth er in one volum e. 50.00 children to a school to be poisoned clo th , $1.00. 1 5(i superstition. 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