THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1S98.
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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
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Silverton.
w ill give
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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,
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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,
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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
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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 .
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L IT T L E PO INTS.
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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 ...................... $
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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
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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?
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P eter R anch
M r-. R. A. Bell
C lare G . Stoll
O. T. G lenn
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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.
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, 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
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¡ho u sek eep er. We live on a farm and
year. Keep it booming.
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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.
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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 .”
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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.
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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.