« 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 hnilrlinin, 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" n4 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)