8 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , AUGUST 4, I t A To Raise Five T h o u san d D ollars Mohanometan. The pam phlet is Next day was spent visiting new - for th e U n iv e rsity . published by H. G. Green, 213 E. ly »’«de friends over the valley and Torch Indiana street, Chicago, III., and securing subscribers for the m p a n be Had for fo r ten cents c e n ts °l Reason aud donations f< >r the Secularists, can 8 1 R, ('. Mosier, will give $50 U niversity. I assisted Mis. S ta u Arnes will give.. 50 Mr. *“ "1 rs. IL E. Klein, Mr. A Fi ¡end will give................. 50 and Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Thom pson, sell at cheese-m aking for aw hile and tried to show her w hat I know D. Buckingham will g iv e.... 50 Mr. and Mrs. Rage, and Mr. and A. Slam a», M. I ) , will g iv e .. . 50 M rf M aion wer(. gueB,g a , , fae (,in. about it. I hope it did not result R. C. Buriis will g i v e ................. 50 in spoiling the cheese. That night ing hall last Snndav 50 A F iiend will give. . . I staid at F la tte r’s and had a jolly 50 1 A young m an, IS years oíd, ¡ good time C. E. Ames will give.. . . The m At m o rn in g I i> Bolton will givV' .......................5h "'an ,s to a,ten<l t,le U niversity, I,nt bade goodby Io friends and started Inform ation Bureau TS T H E R E A N Y TH IN '!, YOE WANT9 If so, make your wants known to u/ and we will try and supply them Jf w hat we do f<»r you is w orth nothing to you, we will expect no pay. Cast vour eve over the list, am i th en write to ug Read o u r ad. on paue ♦>. Address IN FO R M A T O >N P C R E A f , ! BOX lOU. S i I. V E R T O N . ( F o r S a le .—A flue little house in >¡1. v erto n , w ith one acre of land, for onlv by on the bike over rbe m ountains to $285. “ h irs t com e, first se rv e d .'’ H a rry F ricker w ili g i v e ' . W .' 50 he « obliged to pay Ida way E. Stew art will g i v e ................... 50 working outside of school hours. Dayville, on the m ain fork of the A Friend will g i v e .......................... 50 H elp us to find him the work. .John Day river. The distance is Mr. H jerm stad, / Friend from W aldo H ills i ----- 00 The U niversity will a g a in open 30 miles, and by w alking and rid- 50 ,,s *fs o doors to the world October !’n£ Mr. II. A llen will g i v e ....................... 50 o o ra to me w iiriu o c w w r d 3d. u .i" * s * 1 reached the home of ‘« u . o Stew 'v w I j. E. F u ller will g iv e ................. 50 S tudents of all ages, sects and grades 'l,'t. president of the O. S. S. U., at I K Wilkinson will give.............. 5U will be heartily welcomed and giv- ‘^ ° ^ ° c k . Mr. Stewart waa not at I. E. E . Brooks B ro o k s wil v e e................. 5 50 0 , . . i home, ................ _ , i i on Mr. ,« , .1. will g in iv so I r crlle<l S nyder en our most careful attention Ju liu s F ish e r................................ 50 ¡and fam ily, and found them all Adolf Wolf & S ou......................... 50 well. The girls were at the conven J . K . B u f f .................................................. 50 A b ro a d . tion at W agner, and arrived home B. A. L eo n a rd ............................... 50 j 50 safely. I also found Mr. Glaze,who (Concluded from 5th page.) A Freethinker ....................( 50 f a r m , and as I used to m a k e cheese informed me th a t K ate DeReatt was W arren C arsner will g iv e......... 50 J. L. B arnhouse will g iv e.......... 50 rny-eif. we had an interesting con- hilled to lecture th a t night, and as Jo h n M adden will p a y ............... 50 versation. They promised to be at it was im possible fo r h e r to get Alex. H ard ie will p a y ................. 50 Ibe lecture, and I next called on ) here from Fox. he th o u g h t I had F o r S a le or T ’-ade. —A tarm . n l H m iles so u th of T he Dalles, 320 a c r o jn good school d istric t of ab o u t 1(H) schol ars ; county road crossing Cascade moun ta in s, d aily m ail, s short, h o rt distance d istan ce to siw- ,n di and flouring m ill, tw o stores, hlack- niountain ra n ^ ^ to x * house^fixisi w Uh j n»..i,.... . _------- .....i UVUOV ........i..i. i kitch en and woodshed added, , 20x32; 3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres in c u ltiv a tio n ab o u t 50 m ore ready for plow. T he ow ner holds deed from'gov ern m et. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a place in S iiverton of equal or less value. 1IIV price ,,Ii(r of th uie e place piare 1 is S based na8eu on on ltg The its n ’°n e y -m a k in g cap acity , and it is now gam anv offer m a d e M e will inxesti- Por 8ale _ A flne E. Stew art will give..................... 50 friend O. R. F latter, the one man better fill the date, as the crowd provided th a t in the valley who took the Torch would he here anyw av. I wap tir - J - more men (or women) of Reason. W hat a jolly tim e we ed, but gave my consent and gave 7 I will give the sam el did have! They .......~ have — entertained v .,.....v u ith e rn the best I could on the sub- f am ount, lere are g (»cu]ar preachers before, and the ject of prayer. The schoolhouse tin' seventy-four? u: i . i- - j , i I am i “ i , , chickens die rapidly on such occas- was filled and some had to stand. , 5 ions: T he bookcase in the corner After the lecture the crowd adjourn- A. NEWS NOTES is piled with Fr<*ethnught literatu re ed to a ball near by and spent a few ÌS' . . »i > . «i and » on the wal Is hang <_ H ? eston’s -- car- hours dancing. The D ayville Sec . toons, along w ith po rtraits of noted m larists a n ; ^ <»i«- w m e a aw w ake a k e and a rm a Sec- ''ec- u are wide -A Of th e W o rk in S ilv e r to n . Freethinkers. The <»i<i folks live ular lecture is always well attend- alone, but they promised to he at ed. Boom the Torch. T * 4i . r tn the lecture and bring - - O a - waguidnad - e .......— 1 a ”‘ now at the hom e of E . T h e d in in g h a ll is being trea ted with them. J had canvassed the Stew a rt, the m an we elected presi- valley, and returned to the school- dent of the Oregon S tate S ecnlar to a coat of paint. . ' ■ ......................................................................................... j Union at the though he is a Notice th at the lum ber fund takes hoU8e' The ladies were already there w aiting for the crowd. K ate a 850 jum p thiH week. was suffering w ith a toothache.and , , , ,, r Some of the Secular ladies are , .Jane looked olue. I came with a learning to swim. We believe in shout and told them to cheer up, th a t kind of baptism . th at there would be a big crowd out The editor and Prof. Mason are in spite of harvest. W hat I said helping in the sawm ill a few days, wns soon verified, for wagons were in order to get the lum ber in time. heard coming from different direc- I*or the love of God d o n ’t w ait— tions and people on foot and on th a t is, don’t wait for the love of horseback began to arrive. Soon God—hut help build the U niversi the v house ,, was filled. , The people in r<>x valley are good to tu rn o u t ty now. when once aroused. We had a good Mr. L. Ames an,I fam ily started meeling) al|d , he e,lvil,g| <<A for Soda Springs last S atu rd ay , ,>S(, beginning mttkes a g„o,i eI„ |. convention, and m an of a vast am ount of business, I am sure he ± am .m e ne will give entire satisfaction in th e office he now holds, and the Union will succeed the com ing year. We are to have a Board m eeting to morrow and I will stay for th at, after which I will go to H arney county and on E ast. Mr. Snyder m ade a donation to the U niversity, and we are sure to get a great deal , , . . 6 E of h e lp from our D a y v ille friends. P earl H UH 11,1 good honie jn g. - ton -‘...-acre; apples, p ru n es, raspber- ’’**.*» vherries, pears; neat little house painted and papered; good sidewalk Price, $450. a B a r g a in .—87 acres, 3 miles iron Milverton ; 25 acres cleared, 10acres hops 0 acres bottom la n d ; 5-room house . , . h . o p -h o u se; good stream of good . b arn w ater. A lm ost a t b u y er’s own price. We have only 30 days in which to sell, W rite or call now. W a n te d —A -b u y e r for a well equipped uvery stab m uoie. tjo o u horses, norses, good buggies livery le. Good ‘ bean. Writer,,!;., -'""l ch o o o o l l T T e e a a c c h h e e r r.—A en tlem tlem an an with with S S ch .—A g g en th irty y e a rs' ex p erien ce in th e school room , who holds a s tu te te a c h e r’s certifi- ' ,afe’ 'vou <* *’ke e m p lo y m en t as teacher, —P teac^1 VOta* an< iasD^niental n n isit. ste^d7and quiT^SVcu^ u a t i o n a s c a r e - t a k e r a n d t e a c h e r o f c h il - <lreIV competent, can teach rudi- m en ts ot m usic an(i p |ayg th e organ References given and required, S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .- S e c u la r is ts who are thoroughly in te reste d in th e cause are w anted to h e lp build up a Secular c o m m u n ity near S ilverton, Oregon. It is th o u g h t lx?st th a t each m em ber of the co m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or h er ow n, which can very easily be ob tain ed . W rite to us. R eal E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres, ,‘?u®e o rch a rd , all fenc- ed, 8 m iles from b ilv erto n , n e a r school, 35 acres improved, on main road. Price W. G e e r . T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, all fenced, good sp rin g , l l2 m iles from Sil L u m b er F und. v erto n . Price $700. One h u n d red am i six ty acres; 12 where they .»tend to eamp for in g » seFn,t„, to ....... true ¡„ , hi9 To raise $1000 im m ediatelv acres cl.-ared, 4 m iles from Silverton. V - r* V c 1 A Previously ack n o w led g ed ................ .$243.95 P rice Ü300 about two weeks. Mr. C. V. Sweek was present E . S te w a rt...................... 50.00 * * We have so far fully paid for all from H am ilton and joined the l n- P* L. O lliv e r......................................... 5.00 work and m aterial th a t has gone *on< P lotter renewed his sub- into the U niversity. Let us pro- scription, and Mr. Ju stice, Mr. ceed and we will succeed. Short and Mr. Stausell subscribed ! Mr. Sam uel A ,n o and fam ily re- 'h a Six Traits to Promote C lub R ates. The W eekly Oregonian is the «»„rixh- best new spaper publish«,, ¡» the Scientific W ísdO ITI . turned last week iron, their pleas- ure-trip to the coast. They report " ‘ * or once’ Pacific Northwest. The snhscrlp- In Place of C hristianity: 1 he program was a turn price is «1.50 per year. We i Can ins be Forgiven? a good tim e, but found it a little too 7, e~ “ nd ^ ch a n d e I . " fc ,oaded wdl giv" h ’ togeth *r w i,h the Torch 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil- ization? cool for bathing r' la tte r« wagon full. I was of Reason, for the exceedingly low going to ride the hike, but they per- price of $1.75. You will get two 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? We are in receipt of a bright lit- suaded me to get into the wagon Pa PHrs f o r a little more th a n the 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. tie pam phlet en titb d, “ Holy Smoke Y V 1 T «««• in the H oly L and,” by Daniel K. Tenney,of W isconsin. In this work he presents to the intelligent read- er for his verdict the principal evidences afforded by the Holy Land of three theological system s, • a . V T • I ' 1 4L and Stausell and I held the bike on 1 « < our laps. Mr. P latte r only hit the high places, but they seemed to come pretty often, and we just bounced. 1 stopped at S sausell’s for the night, and Mr. and Mrs. F latter and the DeReatt girls went th e Jew ish, the C hristian and th e 4on. g Pr ’ce °f one- 5 Doea Belief in Miracles Benefit? 6 Immortality or Annihilation? e i , JU S T T H E T H IN G nam es and addresses of 25 of to hand to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. Send your Liberal friends and acquaint- 2 cen ts for fl. or 6 cen ts for 25 tracts, to E liza M owry B i . iv ex , Brook ar'ces, we will m ake yon a present lyn, C o n n ., o r send 10 cents a C°P.V °f jh e Torch of Reason for 50, e ith e r kind or as ” ” ’k No. 1. lhi> will only sorted k in d s, to cost you a few minutes’ work and a 2 cent s ta m p . 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