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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 ©
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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
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obituary will appear in our next g f
CORRESPONDENCE.
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issue.
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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'-
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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
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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 .............
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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.
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staying
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wants sit-
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provided th a t
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with
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lady who is i very
pious
Iren.
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can
teach
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Mr.
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A.
Tufts,
of
Oswego,
Ore-
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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
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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
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' 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 . •
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I cannot object very much to such Brice $300.
proceedings, or these C hristians,! „ ,
a
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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<
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.
.
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-
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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.
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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.
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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. ..
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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True S ecularists are Property ¡ q Land, The Condition of Labor
The Lar
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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. It ruins m any
JONES'
5.00 ( and injures all.
291 Alder Street
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BOOK STORE.
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