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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JU LY 28, 1898. To Raise Five T ho u san d D ollars would visit us. We feel sure th a t f o r th e U n iv e r s it y . m any would he pleased with our __ ---- little city and its pleasant, sociable / ¿ p Secularists, ?c“ l?.rist.s ... • in h ab itan ts and m ake up their e a r ly tim e s , assist theeuem y bv in- m ountainous country, as it is a high action, or shall we he true soldiers table land traversed by ravines of our highest, our noblest con vie- gulches anti canyons, which have lions? We are now rocked on the cut it up in peculiar s h a p e s '4 J and help billows of the great ocean of life, would call it a bol(e)ly land. v i • e n d i w ill -ii • * -o build up * Secular Home. ,1T ................................... . . holes . We are surrounded by all kinds of i the were filled up traveling A h r r rienu win g g iv e ........................... o u crafts. There are friends of hu- would be easier, D. Buckingham will g iv e........... 50 A N e w D e c la r a tio n o f In d e A. Slam an, M. D , will give. . . 50 inanity and there are pirates. Con- Wm. C rabtree, wife and family pendence. R. C. B u rd s will g iv e............... 50 quer the ty ra n t whose best cards are h e re , a n d I would like to sp, ] A Friend will g iv e...................... 50 (Concluded from 4th itsge,» are ignorance, ancient creeds and m any days in their com pany,but I C. F. Ames will give..................50 for it keeps us in ignorance and it narrow dogm m ust journey on. A n.n few uours hours win will P. Rauch will give..................... 50 .-- . - < = > as, > so th a t all true »« -v. ........ D. Bolton will g iv e..................... 50 keeps us from uniting in destroying friends of hum an progress can once , perhaps find me in Long Creek H arry Fricker will g iv e............. 50 evil — in building up better condi- unite, and we’ll drive every pirate where I understand K ate DeP. tt A F r ie u d ‘w ill g iv e 6 i ' . i ' . .50 T e“ r,h ; . . „ fr,,,n the 8reat pea' As 1 ><’ok into is “ > lecl,,r<' « ‘is evening. Eastern Mr. H jerm stad, ) K n l v r u * 1^ ' m<i,‘ llke George the d ep th s of this great ocean of Oregon is being rapidly Secularize d Friend from W aldo Hills S • • • oU Washington, J hom as Paine, Ad- 1 ife I see those who have gone to ! this sum m er, and by the time we II. Allen will g i v e ......................50 :Uns, Jefferson, H am ilton and rest in its bosom. There are those lecturers get through let us hope L. E. F u ller will g iv e................. 50 F ran k lin , talked over the oppress- who fought for liberty in the old ,nucl‘ gootl Wl11 l,e accomplished. T ¿ Vi.l.k i"?.°" w,i.l l Fiv e----------- ?!.' ion of the colonies, and then they .lays. There are those poor vie- I’ kake W. G eek . did Ju liu s F ish er lrW' g ' Ve................. ?» 5 o o i,lid 8om som e,hiuB talk, is-i ething besides besides talk . I tiins tiins o of f w w itchcraft itchcraft an a n d d their their m mis- 50 1 r>, Adolf Wolf & S o n .......................... 50 b o u g h t },nd talk w ithout doing guided executioners; there are the J. K. B uff.......................................... 50 som ething is not of m uch account, victim s of the inquisition and th eir! B. T> A. ‘ L 1 e o n a rd 1 ............................... 50 "n W hat of a soldier who talk s very bloody persecutors; there is Bruno • bravely, but who runs a t the first and V oltaire and Paine and Jeffer-I A F re e th in k e r.......................... • / 50 ^ re> «on; there are the brave hoys who! T S T H E R E T H IN G A O U W A N T? W arren C arsner will give......... 50 Let us do som ething p ra c tic a l— I fell th a t we m ight be free from , . lrt ■ k n ° ? " ‘“ “ i ’ J. L. B arnhouse will give........... 50 John Madden will p a y ............... 50 Jet us do it before we die. Let us British ty ra n n y ; there are the boys • what We Jo for you is worth* nothin» to Alex. H ard ie will p a y ................. 50 sign a new D eclaration of Inde- in blue and thè hoys in grey and y° U’ We wj!’ e^ ect n2 W - C ast your Tailli) . i i , " g y’ ey e over th e list, and th en w rite to us provided th a t pendency today and prepare plans as we near the surface there are Bead our ad. on page (5. A ddress, \m e ' « 'i l l J iv e f i t n ,i n d a 10 r e m a i " » '« b u s ln fo rm a tio n ^ -^ > Bureau more men (or (or women) women; ()i action. The brave men who those who have ju st taken th eir I roy ii? * ° KAIATI()N B U R E A U , / £ wil1 th e sam sam e e signed the D eclaration of Independ-i place beside them — the bra ve sailor • ilverton , Oas. will Bive give the F o r S a le .— A tine little house in Sil- am ount. ount. W Z am W here here are are enee in 1776 pledged th eir lives, hoys who went down w ith the bat- v erto n , w ith one acre of land, for onlv th e seventy-four? their fortunes and their sacred tleship Maine, and close beside $285. “ F irst com e, first se rv ed .” honor. Shall we Secularists do this them lie the brave men and women F o r S a le o r T > a d e .— A farm , about 30 4» new s notes a today ? Shall we support in every of Cuba who have died to save their m iles south of The D alles, 320 acres, in good school d istric t of about. 100 schol .. it. , (ii way possible this uprising against little island hom e from the ty ran ts ars ; com itv road crossing Cascade m oun this g ian t foe? We have alreadv of kingcraft and priestcraft. We ta in s, daily m ail, sh o rt d istan ce to saw m ill and flouring m ill, tw o stores, black Of the W o rk v ^ t *n E v e r t o n . started to build a fort in the nam e are still on the surface, but if we sm ith shop, free wood an d an unlim ited of Liberty. It is called the Liberal value the good th a t m ay come to m o u n tain ran g e; l>ox house 16x22 with k itch en and woodshed added, good The U n itarian s of Salem are U niversity. A better place than long, long ages of hum an beings brick fireplace, both up and dow nstairs very much interested in our educa the state of Oregor cannot he found. ceiled w ith m atched lu m b e r ; post barn yet unborn and the happy thought 20x32; tional institution. m iles of good fence, 120 acres We wish to build this W est Point th a t our life has been in harm ony in c u ltiv 3 atio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for A U nitarian lady, of Salem, Ore., of Secularism where young men with the great p h ilan th ro p ists, the plow. The ow ner holds deed from* gov- rn m e t. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a donated fifteen fine volumes to our and women can go into train in g for great philosophers of life and the e {»lace in Silverton of equal or less value. the com ing struggle. lib rary th is week. The price of th e place is based on its great lovers of liberty of all ages, m o ney-m aking capacity, an d it is now It is not only necessary th a t the we should work while it is yet day, paying a good incom I. Myers, of Portland, put “ O th e. W e will in v esti gate an y offer m ade. i youth of our land be kept free from er W orlds than O urs”, by Proctor, for, as an old book says, the night superstition ; they m ust be educat F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver- in the U niversity library. com eth, when no man can work. to n —)^ -a c re ; apples, p ru n es, rasplier- ed free from superstition, or they es, beneath us are the heroes of ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n eat little house, W ith this issue our paper re will fall into other errors and be p ain ted an d p a p e re d ; good sidewalk. sumes its weekly publication. Help captured by the enemy. Do you the past, and the great ocean of life Price, $450. is bearing us on its bosom—on and us keep our Torch trim m ed and fully understand A B a r g a in .—87 acres, 3 m iles from what success on, and every one of us is either burning. S ilverton 25 acres cleared, 10 acres hops, means? I t means the brotherhood hastening or hindering the great 50 acres ; bottom la n d ; 5-room house, We have engaged the services of of m ankind — it m eans the doing day when all men, from the crowd good b arn , h o p -h o u se; good stream of w ater. A lm ost at b u y e r’s own price. Mrs. J . H. M orris, who will assist away with poverty, misery, crim e ed lands of heathen C hina to our W e have only 30 days in which to sell. her husband in our p rin tin g de and insanity. It m eans for m il own beautiful, golden land of t h e '- W rite o r call now. lions the end of slavish fear—of setting sun, will have learned the ’ W anted— A b u y er for a well equipped partm ent. I ery otnnln i _ riz\zl 1 » .__3 1 buggies, __• — stab le. Good horses, good horrid dream s of hellish, eternal great lesson of love, the great les good h arn eses, etc. C h eap . W rite to us. The story ts afloat that our fire8. It means a fuller freedom, son of justice, and the great lesson S c h o o l T e a c h e r .— A gentleman w ith school w,l not run this winter ¡aln(>rebounteoug liberty than tbc th irty y ears' ex p erien ce in th e school of universal m ental liberty. D o n t be deceived. The L .b e ra l; worl(, b a „ , enj , Ah wh(> U n.vers.ty will hold .ts regular ses- can te |, the , m ea|). sions every year. great victory for tru (h ? The U niversity will again open its doors to the world October 3d. Students of all ages, sects and grades will be heartily welcomed and given our most careful atten - tion* Some people are “ trying to carry w ater on both shoulders”. Don’t try it, friends. You will s lip u p , sooner or later, and m any tim es room , who holds a sta te te a c h e r’s certifi cate, would like em p lo y m en t as teacher. Can teach vocal and in stu m e n ta l music. of As has been said before, these are great times. The great ocean of life is hearing on its bosom vessels th a t were never seen in any other age. From the world of thought the W° rld of ac tio n > and men- ^ e r t y ^ias m ade a wonderful g.a in * XVe a ,e ........ advancing. Every- ........— thlng toucn ,n g hum an life is being tu n ,e d wrong side out and m ust be A b ro ad . | [Concluded from 3d page.] C arsner home and spent the next day visiting friends. I took dinner a t T. R. S m ith ’s and then pushed the bicycle over the steep m ountain to Carl W agner’s where I had a fine visit and a general good time, not leaving until late u next m o orning. rA i m r n in g , Calling at the home of Wm. Col- lins, and taking dinner at W. H . C a r e o f C h i l d r e n .— A girl of 1!», stead y am i q u iet, S ecu larist, w ants sit uation as c are-tak er an d teach er of ch il d re n . Is co m p eten t, can teach rudi- m en ts of m usic an d plays th e organ. R eferences given and required. S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who are w anted p , h e ip T u ild u p Secuiar co m m u n ity n ear S ilv erto n , Oregon. It is th o u g h t best th a t each m em ber of the c c o o m m m m u u n n ity ity own own a a little little hom hom e e of of his his o, or J‘e r own which can very easily he oh dlne' ‘ ,,te to u?- when you think people, all excepti just w hat you hypocrite. We wish that all of our Liberal yond th e ’horizon of life’s " g re e t wl.at weary from our trip. Eastern I friends who hnd it convenient ( ocean? One h u n d red and six ty acres; 12 S hall we, like the lories in Oregon could hardly be called a ¿¡X?red’ 4 “ dies from Silverton. * I * ncc