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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1S98. 6 To Raise F ive Thousand D o lla rs When the Univer.-ity is complet- fo r th e U n iv e rs ity . e d it will he the largest building in --------- *2 A Silverton. w ill give *50 The o f th ,‘ L - C om ’ Ames will give.' 50 pany spent Monday in the capital A Friend will give.................... 50 city. 1 hey witnessed the graduat- D. Buckingham will give......... 50 ¡ng exercises in the evening. A. Slaman, M» D , will give... 50 R. C. Burtis will give............. 50 1 he beautiful Mongolian pheas- A Fiiend will give................... 50 ants are very bold, on account of C. F. Aines will give................ 50 j the protection the law gives them P. Rauch will give. They may b e seen most any «lay D. Bolton will give................... 50, fT . , Harry Fricker will give........... s0 ! on the Un,versify grounds. E. Stewart will give................. 50 Jay Gould's daughter gave the A friend will g iv e ......... ...........'^ president $1,000,000 to help carry Mr. Hjermstad, / , ... . . , , ., . Friend from Waldo Hills p • • • 50 <on the war- " e " lsh WB hHd ,hat IL Allen will g iv e ...................501 much to help establish peace . L. E. Fuller will give............... 50 Wars could not exist in a Secular F. Wilkinson will give............. 50 heaven. J. E. Brooks will give............... 50 Some of the Secularist fraternity Julius Fisher...............................50 Adolf Wolf & Son..................... 50 Hed to the mountains this week. J. K. Buff.....................................50 The teamster came right hack, hut B A. Leonard.......................... 50 they had secured nineteen of the A Freethinker.......................j ? q speckled beauties before he had time to get away. provided that No wonder Christian creeds hang more men (or women) y 1 1 will give the same to the world! Millions of dollars J amount. Where are are given for their support where the seventy-six? one dollar is given to the support of the truth. But “time will drive the darkest clouds away, Annie.” N E W S A N D NOTES. O b itu a ry . o’ L IT T L E PO INTS. ” ° ■•= If things are not right, carefully help make them so. The fact that there is no logical proof of a future life ift gOOt» j proof that there is none. and my lift is preserved.—Gen. xxxii. 30. Whom no man hath seen nor can see.— 1 Tim. vi. 16. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up* — Is. vi. 1. Then went up Moses and Aaron, ^ ;’dnh and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the god of Israel. ■ • I hey w God, and did eat and drink.— Ex. x x n * 0-11.___________ There is just as much proof that a devil or a witch made the earth as there is that a god made it. L u m b e r F und. If the devil is a falhn angel, To raise $1000 immediately, might not all the angels, and even L *L M o rn s lias p a id ...................... $ , . ¡Geo, Riches “ .............. God, fall? I he whole story is an Drake & Webb “ o ld s u p e r s t i ti o n . i B. A. L eonard I J . Wolf Som e dav tin* belief in gods, dev- L. J. Adams .. , * , .... • , j Jerrv Depart lls am i an g els will he con sid ered as I’. C. M osier absurd and injurious as the belief in witches and ghosts. If there is a good god, which would he admire most in us, belief without proof,or honest doubt with the desire to do and believe just what is right? 1.00 io n P eter R anch M r-. R. A. Bell C lare G . Stoll O. T. G lenn “ “ “ “ “ Information . . . -^ B u re a u The soldier whose literary taste TS T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU WANT? leads him to take a yellow-hacked 1 If so, m ake your w ants known tons, novel to war, instead of the Torch and we will try an d supply them . If w hat we do for you is w orth nothing to of Reason, would probably want a you, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast your bible soon after the first shot was eve over the list, and th en w rite to n s. Read o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress, fired. Secularism is the religion of re ligions. It proposes to do away with creeds and unite the people in a common warfare against all evil. It is sure to he the religion of the future. Will you give your influ ence to forward this good work? IN F O R M A T IO N B U R E A U , Box 100. S ilverton , O re . Mrs. Catharine Geer, relict of the A B a r g a in .—87 acres, 3 m iles from late R. C. Geer, died at the family Silv rton ; 25 acres c le are d .10 acres hops, 50 acres bottom la n d ; 5-room house, home in the Waldo Hills, Thurs good b arn , h o p -h o u se ; good stream of day evening, June 9, 1898, aged 79 w ater. A lm ost at b u y e r’s own price. We have only 30 days in w hich to sell. years. W rite o r call now. Mis. Geer was one of the early W a n te d —A b u y er for a well e q u ip p 'd pioneers of Oregon, having resided livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies, in the Willamette valley for 51 good barneees, etc. C heap. W rite to us. V ic to ry fo r S e cu la rism . years. She was a tender and lov School T e a c h e r .—A young lady, who ing mother, and her loss will he is a thorough S ecu larist, would like em E ditor T orch ok R eason : Our work begins to move more ploym ent in a public school. She holds T h e Trans-Mississippi and Inter a th ird -g ra d e certificate and can give rapidly now. Help us to keep mourned by a large circle of friends. She leaves the following children: national Exposition will he open on good references. it moving. Cal Geer, L. B. Geer, Mrs. Mary Sunday the same as any other day, S chool T e a c h e r.—A gentlem an with We hear mysterious whisperings M. Starmer and Mrs. Samantha irty y ears' ex perience in th e school with the exceptions that it will he th room, who holds a sta te te a c h e r’s certifi about having another party at the Bowers. She was an aunt of Hon. open only from 1 to 10 p m., and cate, would like em ploym ent as teacher. dining hall. T. T. Geer, governor-elect of Ore that no intoxicants are to be sold. Can teach vocal and in stu m e n ta l music. The masons are piling up the gon, a grandmother of Homer C. Friend Hosmer, this is at least a C are o f C h ild re n .— A girl of 19, and q u ie t, S ecu larist, w ants sit rock rapidly, and the basement Davenport, the famous artist of the victory for the Secularists. If jus sternly uation as c are-tak er and teach er of chil New York Journal, and also a tice prevailed it would he open all d ren . Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi- will soon he ready. 1 .. 0 . 1 , c 1 .1 , r 1 tnents of m usic an d plays the organ Our teams had to stop hauling grandmother of Pearl W. Geer, day Sunday. I feel thankful, References given and required. lumber for a few days, on account president of the Oregon State Secu though, as it is. Hip—hip-------- S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who lar Union and business manager of Your friend, are thoroughly in terested in th e cause of a delay at the mill. the Torch of Reason. Besides these, are w anted to h elp build up a Secular J ohn M c A rdle . co m m u n ity near S ilverton, Oregon. It P. W. Geer started for Eastern there are many collateral kinsmen Omaha, June. 5. is th o u g h t best th a t each m em b er of the Oregon last Monday to complete and kinswomen to grieve because co m m u n ity own a litile hom e of his or h e r own, which can very easily be ob arrangements for the convention. of her death. tain ed . W rite to us. W h o Lies? As we bow our heads in rever A crowd of jolly Secularists went R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres, to the hills after cherries Hist Sun ence above the venerable dead, Which of the following do Chris house and b arn , good o rch ard , ail fenc ed, 8 m iles from Silverton, n ear school, day, and they were not disap memory carries us back along the tians wish people to believe? 35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price pointed. p¿ í’iway of a beatiful and glorious And I will take away my hand, $800. and thou shalt see my back parts. T w enty a c r e s ; 15 acres im proved, all While in Salem this week we had life, full of kind words and tender --Ex. fenced, good sp rin g , l r2 m iles from Sil xxxiii. 23. deeds. Grandma Geer was a life verton. Price $700. a short hut very pleasant visit with No man hath seen God at anv One h u n d red an d six ty acres; 12 an old-time friend of Secularism, long Secularist, and to do good, to time.—John i. 18. acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton. do more for others than she would And the Lord spake unto Moses Price $300. Mrs. B. Forstner. have others do for her, was her face to face, as a man speak eth un- H e lp W a n te d .— A lady in E astern If the $5000 fund continues to chief work in life. She was gentle to his friend.— Ex. xxxiii. 11. Oregon w rites to th e In fo rm atio n Bu- increase as it has this week, we will Ye have neither h e a r d h is voice reau as fo llo w s: “ I w ant a woman who and tender as the symphonies and raise the amount in less than a melodies of the music of the mas at anv time nor seen his shape.— «51« to w o rk ; a good cook, an d a nice lo h ’ v *17 ¡ho u sek eep er. We live on a farm and year. Keep it booming. d i j l t have no ch ild ren a t hom e. We have ters, and constant and true as the A n d t h e Lord called unto Adam work h an d s in th e sp rin g am i through Miss Sophia Wolf, our elocution- ivy that entwines the oak. .............. ................? ................. and said unto him, Wheie art hay h arv est. The wom an (or girl) we ist and music teacher, graduated All the bursting buds, all the fair thou? And lie said.’ I heard th y e n iPln.v m ost !>e agreeable and we prefer last Monday at Salem. Miss Wolf and tender flowers that are heaped voice in the garden, and was afraid. wouliTwin» h i.^ iv ^ h ^ a /'n r »«’lone would w ant h e r by th e year, o r as long lias combined native ability with uPon *,er are tokens and e m - —Gen. iii. 9-10. as she wan w anted to sta y , if it is u n til death thorough training. The result will ,*JIS , tl,ie j«wtded words ami And he said, thou canst not see p a irts rts u s .” , . 7 ,, , .. j gulden deeds that she scattered mv face; for for there there shall shall no no m m a n see , Sin7 a d v ertisin g as above th e lady ' has taken th re e g ran d ch ild ren to care be a happy one for all her friends, a|011g the journey of a long and mi, and liv e.-E x . xxxiii. 20. o r ; "“ T" — , i for. She is tli. n f.ue still m ore in 11» > and she has many friends. loving life. “ to r 1 h a v e se e n G o d face to fac e, (of help and will pay good wages. Don’t forget to help a little on the lumber fund. Can’t you add $50 to the $5000 fund, or something to the lumber fund? Don’t right for nor against men. Fight for good and against evil principles.