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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU L Y 14, 1S&8.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars u rer, L. Am es, of S ilv e rto n ; V ice-presi- of the best
places in E »stern Ore- bike across on his horse and the'
for the U niversity.
dent«, M rs. C lara B ailey of P o rtlan d , H.
an . raise «.*
all «.»„via
kinds » of
gon. He c—
71 come ~ back « and
uh takb
ian.v- me on behind
M. Daniel) of M cM innville, M. P. Hos-
fruit, and I ate freely of the cher- h,rP anii ferry me across. The riv-
^ X fe c u la ru
merof Silverton, Lottie P«chl
2 O p- <' M"8itr- w i|l 8’v e • *50 a,,,,’A.arr’e, ' ™
' ag?V ’ 1E- R- ries, which did not quite agree with er. irt ^ eeP a ?d wide, but we cro-sed
me; but Mr. Shrum doctored me " ‘thout accident ami were soon at
a“ V F Lou Ames will give.. .50
Cal Geer .of B u rn .,
successfully and I was soon all !,,e home of Z. J. M artin, who has
A Friend will give.................... 50 1 ' C And~ wa of
-''»"'X right, am i after three days I was P 18* been elected treasurer of ihe
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S
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of
G
rade,
Crook
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A full
D. Buckingham will give. . .-.
report
of
the th ree d a y s’ m eeting» will able to resum e m y trip. * I had a c°u n ty , in spite of his Secularism
A. S lam an, M. D., will give.
splendid visit. The Shrum fam ily *^r- M artin cannot he a t the C0R.’
be given in the n ex t issue of th e Torch,
R. C. B urtis will g iv e............... 50
are all Secularists and first-class v<;nt4On» h u t h is best wishes are
A F riend will give...................... 50
people*- At Voiney Shrum’s place
< in the evenii g <.
Abroad.
C. F. Ames will give...................50
I visited one night, and found arrived a t the home of Vice-presi
P. Rauch will give..................... 50
i T#
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K atie Mt tteson there em ployed as ! ^ ent b a r r e n C arsner, where m
D. Bolton will give...................... 50 ,
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H arry Frlcker will g iv e ............. 50 try
A nleloPe valley, w here we teacher, for which position she is found a hearty welcome and a good
indebted to th e Torch of Reason. supper. E verything is in readiness
E. Stew art will g iv e .................... 50 foun(1 a little city nestled among Mrs. Shrum also advertised in the for the 10th an n u al convention of
A F riend will g i v e ........................50 the treeless m ountains. W’e were same way, which was the m eans of the O. S. S. U. and we are assured
Mr. H jerm stad,
/
then sixty miles from our startin g getting her a splendid housekeeper. of a grand good time. The DePeatt
Friend iron, W aldo H ills ( ’ • • • ” ,,oint and it was
4
Here I met Mrs. E. J. Sm ith, of girls arrived next m orning in com
L. E. F uller will give.................. 50 H,t " e " ill,ed for suPPer and ,hen ¡G ran t county, who is a sister of pany with I). C. Adrews and wife
Mrs. Shrum and a thorough Secu who returned to their home at Lone
F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... 50 went six nii,es fu rth er and stopped larist. I wish I had space to tell of Rock th a t evening and brought
J . E. Brooks will give................. 50 for the night.
all the good tim es I had here. H ay Prof, and Mrs. Hosmer with tlmrn
Ju liu s F isher. . ............................ 50
N ext m orning we started before ing season is on, and I tried my to W agner on S atu rd ay .
& ^ ° n ........................ -n ^be rise °f the sun and sped away hand at helping, but I won’t say
Now for the convention! The
Oregon State Secular Union is fast
with what success.
B. A. L e o n a rd .............................. 50 over thü m ountains in th e direction
We left this pleasant place on m aking history, and this promises
of A. J. S hrum ’s. And w hat a road!
50
I
Sunday,
and th at evening found us to he the best convention ever held.
A F re e th in k e r.............
We
had
passed
no
scenery
on
the
50
(
at the home of E. E. Allen, on \Y h at is to follow will he reported
W arren C arsner will give.
50 trip th a t would com pare with it. ! Bridge creek.
Mr. Allen was not in full. W ith great hopes wo will
J. L. B arnhouse will g iv e........... 50 After leaving Coal Cam p, th e road a t home, but I had a good visit begin our work tomorrow (Sunday).
provided th a t
P earl W. G eer .
extends over the very tops of the with the rest of the fam ily, and
found
th
a
t
the
two
young
ladies
ex
a
more men (or women) m ountains for a few mile» am i then
Lumber Fund.
J
will give the sam e begins the descent of six miles down pect to com plete their education in
the Liberal U niversity. Mrs. Allen
w “
am ount.
W here are
To raise $1000 im m ediately,
the m ountain to C u rran t creek. is enthusiastic on the subject of Previously
the seventy-four?
acknowledged........... .$116.50
i oa
The grade hugs the side of the Secularism in connection with e th J . S. B ro o k s .............. '
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G
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s
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7.
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m ountain and scenery below is in ics and highest m orality. J would People of W a g n e r ............
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N ew s and Notes.
have staid longer, hut the tim e for D. C. A n d rew s..................................
50
deed picturesque. We passed doz
the convention was draw ing near, M rs. J). C. A n d rew s........................
1
00
M r. W arren C arsn er, of W agner, adds ens of freight team s loaded with and I took leave early in the m orn
J. L. Barn house.................. / 7 7
so’.oo
a good span of horses to th e U niversity wool for The Dalles.
They had ing, resum ing rnv way up Bridge \\ a rren C a rsn e r.. .......................... 50.0a
w ork.
begun to clim b the m ountain, but creek. This stream is called Bridge
Mr. .Jack Slirurn, of G rade, proposes
night overtook them and they were creek because it has no bridges on
to conduct a singing school in W agner
it, although the road crosses it
d uring th e com ing w in ter an d donate comp« Bed to m ake a “ dry cam p” m any tim es and affords the cyclist
on the steep m ountain side. The much inconvenience and some
half th e proceeds to the U niversity.
M r. M ack R a m sh y, brother of R ev. first two miles of the road extends wadi ng.
In a short time we were in the
R a m sb y of thia c ity, was a t th e coven - down a rocky slope, and then we
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city
of
M
itchell,
which
I
described
tion an d m ade a fine little speech. H is reached the “ saddle” .
Below us
If so, m ake y o u r w ants known tons,
advice to Secular w orkers was excellent. was w hat m ight be called a valley, on a former visit as an incorporat and we will try and su p p ly th em . If
ed city with only one street. The w hat we do for you is w orth’ nothing to
Ih e work of th e O. S. S. U. in sa n c it is so far below the lofty m oun
reason there is but one is because you, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast your
tioning th e work of the L iberal U nivers tains which surround it, but it is,
there is no room for more in the eye over the list, am i th en w rite to us.
ity and th e Torch of Reason, m akes our
Read o u r ad. on ¡»age 6. A ddress.
canyon in which the town is locat
in
itself,
but
a
vast
stretch
of
bar
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ren buttes, alm ost m ountains in ed. The only way you can see any Box 100.
g e th e r.
size, covered and crowned with lava distance is up. But I find th at
o r S a le .—A fine l i t t f h o m e in Silver-
I'. S. M atteson, of T u rn e r, Oregon,
Mitchell has another street. It is ton F —
’g -acre; apples, p ru n es, rasp b er
1 his place is called “ the a two-story town. One street is al-
composed a song to he sung a t th e grave rock.
ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n e a t little house,
of K atie K ehm S m ith th e first day of devil’s potato p a tc h ”, but I think most above the other. This “ upper p ain ted and p a p e re d ; good sidewalk.
th e convention.
It will a p p e a r in th e the devil is too sm art to p lan t his sto ry ” of the town is afflicted with Price, $460.
n e x t issue of th e Torch.
A B a r g a in .— 81 acres, 3 m iles from
potatoes in such a place. It is cer disease and is quarantined. No
Silverton
; 25 acres c le a re d ,10 acres hops,
one
is
allowed
to
go
“
up
stairs”
nor
Miss K atie M atteson p atronized th e tainly a misnomer.
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B ut it does re-
50
acres
bottom la n d ; 5-room house,
M itchell is doomed.
In fo rm atio n Bureau and secured a p o e i-; semble a potato patch, with hills of come down.
good b arn , h o p -h o u se; good stream of
One year it is washed out with w ater. Alm ost at b u y e r’s own price.
tion as teach er. This is th e th ird young
, .
- lady
- who
- - has secured a position by
- th is k m ountainous size,and in the m idst flood, the next year it burns out, W
e have only 30 d a y s 'in which to sell.
M
rite o r call now.
and
now
it
seems
to
be
dying
out.
of
this
“
patch
’
lives
Jack
¡Shrum.
m eans in the last m onth
In a But there are m any good people
W a n te d A buyer for a well equipped
P a rtie s who have advertised in th e Who would have thought it?
there and Secularists are r o t w ant livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
w a n t colum n of th e In fo rm atio n B u reau , 8 ,O rt t ,m e " e w e re
tb e v e ry ing.
good harneses, etc. (Jheap. Write to us.
in th e Torch of R eason, have secured n n id st of this desolate s tr e tc h of
In the evening we reached the
S chool T e a c h e r.—A gen tlem an with
the h elp they w anted, and as a eonse- c o u n t r y . O h , fo r a cam era! I m ust hom e of J. L. B arnhouse, on Moun
th irty y ears' experience in th e school
.juence o th e rs have valual.le position» lia v e one If I ever m ake this trip tain creek, where we stopped for room, who holds a sta te te a c h e r’s certifi
as teach ers, housekeepers, etc. Is th e re
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the night and had a good visit. I cate, would like e m p lo y m en t as teacher.
a n y th in g you w an t?
again.
had been there before, and am ever ( an teach vocal a m i iiis tu in e u tu l music.
'ri
* *i
t
A. few m om ents’ ride between t h e 1
The te n th an n u al convention of th e « * * .
o e tw e e n i n e , anxious to return and give the good
C are o f C h ild re n .— A girl of 19,
Oregon S tate S ecular Union was a de-1 P °tato b ,jlh fou,1J « s o u C u rran t people in this com m unity a visit steady and q u iet, S ecu larist, w ants s it
cided success in every p a rtic u la r. The c r e e b » which we followed to the and a lecture. Mr. Barnhouse made uation as care-tak er and tea ch e r of ch il
d ren . Is co m p eten t, can teach ru d i
ethical basis was m ade m ore secure bv m outh of M uddy creek, then up me rejoice by giving me a check for m ents of m usic and plays th e organ.
am en d m en ts and th e action of th e ex- M uddy creek for a few miles when 150 for the U niversity and express References given and req u ired .
ccutive hoard in placing th e L ib eral w e b e g a n o u r tu s s le in earnest with ing a wish to be able to do as much
S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who
every year.
I m v ersity in th e h an d s of th e ¡»resent *i
* •
.
are thoroughly in terested in th e cause
m an ag em en t was sanctioned an d h ig h ly
m o u n t a i n s , which lasted over
I c a n ’t ta rry „ long. I visited ____
at arv '»anted to h elp build up a Secular
commended. The U nion, by unanimous an bour before we began the de the home of E. R. Laughlin for a i'o n *’n iln ity near Silverton, Oregon. It
vote pledged its h e arty su p p o rt to th e scent to Cherry creek, where liveth few m om ents, and th en we started [
L iberal U niversity and m ade th e T orch th at m an Shrum and his fam ily in tor W agner, a distance of about 40 h e r ow n, which can very easily he ob-
of Reason the official organ of th e O. 8. , a beautiful little valley nestled m iles right through the m ountains, tain ed . W rite to us.
At W aterm an I saw Mr. P u rd in ,
R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. - so acres
,
am ong th e hills. I was glad to get Mr. R ichards and others, who said house
an d b arn, good o rch ard , ail fenc
The convention a t Wagner 1» a thing th e re .
Mr. Shrum
and m y itikuvi
father they would be . at
the
convention.
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Silverton,
school,
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of th e p prtSt,
a st, and th
the e O
Oregon
Secu
were hoys together. I g o t there in
" as 14 b a r^ rb^e th at day, b u t I '¡t's(J)Cre8 in iI,rove(h on m ain road. Price
lar U nion has sta rte d on a n o th e r y ear
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a
s e equal
u u a l to
in c e I I realized
renli?™ ! t th
k o at i * •»
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to it
it s since
Twenty
a c r e s - ._
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1 n
partook was
w ith b rig h te r prospects. T he following tim e for dinner, ■ of which - I r-----------
1 would have several .lays In which ha.cc.l, ^ “ 1",,^,,!;: 7 "
officers were elected for the ensuing y e a r: h ea rtily and with great relish. Mr.
to rest. I found a young man mak- verton. Price $700.
P re sid e n t, E. Stewart, of Dayville; Sec- S h ru m ’8 ranch
extends twelve ing hay on the bank of the Jo h n
One h u n d red and six ty acres; 12
retary, K ate DePeatt,of A sh la n d ; T r e a s - 1 miles along C herry creek and is one Day river and got him to take the Prk-Z ¿io o ^'’’ 4 ’" iIv8 fr° m 8i,verton-
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