Oregon S tate Secular Union.
The Torch of Reason is th e official organ o f the O S « f - i .u-
b , leveled each week to item s of in te rest concerning o a r’, u ¡ * " ' ^ n'Ú Í « “n“ n ’ '
audience in M onum ent and meet a
A broad.
num ber of our kind of people. We
I was glad of an o p p o rtu n ity to
are suprised as well as delighted at
At my lec
m eeting one of the W agner deacons visit Dayville again.
ture W ednesday evening I met
The first m eeting of th<
ecutive Board was held a
Ore., July 22.
Officer*
E. Stewart, president; K a te De-
even tnougn some ot ............ ..
Pi att, secretary; P. W. Geer, sup vouseiii. Between us all we finally
get supper, bidding defiance to the them don’t re a l’ze it, and they all - iven t0 the Liberal University. I
erintendent of Sunday schools.
old saying th at too many cooks believe >n having a good tim e;.so the sPen f the next day at th e home of
It was decided to have statio n
‘ u~ broth.
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- But the
• question L seats are cleared away and dancing o u r R e sid e n t, Mr. E. S tew art, ta lk
spoil 1 the
ery supplied to the officers of the
is, did any of us claim to he cooks? ’8
order. W hen all otheram use- ing over the prospects of the U nion,
Union, and the hid of the Torch of
1 he sheep Hock in and we secure r,,ent® 1°®© th e ir pow er,dancing still the U niversity and the w’ork in
Reason, for the sum of nineteen
Mr. S tew art, Mr. O lliver
our m utton, then enjoy a ride home reigns triu n p h a n t. The n ext day, g®n®rab
x dollars (819.00), was accepted.
in the moon-light. The closing day before leaving for Long Creek we and Mr. Snyder showed their in te r
The C onstitution and By-Laws
meet two Officers from Dayville, est in the U niversity by good, su b
were ordered printed, and the con seems to possess some subtle charm
stan tial donations. I also received
tract was let to the Torch of Rea and brings to my mind those beau- who are on th eir way to the icy several subscribers for the Torch of
tiful 1 ines of poetry:
regions of the north and especially
son at the rate of a dollar a page.
T he day was declining. The breeze in
^ le
8°ld. ^ a>' gold, Reason. We will undoubtedly have
Twenty dollars was allowed the
three stu d en ts from D ayville th is
its glee
instead of God, be with them .
secretary for books, stam ps, etc., Ha.l le ftffie fair flowers to float on the
About 6 o’clock we took the stage year.
and orders were draw n on the treas
F rid ay evening the D ePeatt sis
The sun in its gorgeousness, radian t and , f°r Kong Creek, where we arrive at
ury for all three hills.
I can n o t say m uch ters arrived and a m eeting of the
The work of filing new articles of D ropped down like a gem from th e brow ! n i d n , 8 b L
of th e hill.
about the co u n try , as we could not executive board of the Union was
incorporation was discussed, and
«*. H- bu‘ 1 <»» “ J “ >«' »here are held, which will be reported by the
P W. Geer volunteered to attend
T h at evening the peo
th e moon.
quite a num ber of rocks between secretary.
to the m atter.
Ae 8h p S o f i q u ^ “ : thr° ne “ ith the M ° " a t » ’ Long Creek. The ple again gathered a t the school-
After discussing ways and means
The sm iles of her lovelines gladdened next day we m ake arran g m en ts for house to listen to a lecture b y K ate
of carrying on our work, the m eet
scene*
a lecture, and are greeted with a DePeatt on “ Common Sense” . An
ing adjourned.
As in ail things the most beautiful good audience in the evening. Mr. unusually large audience was pres
effect is produced when the two ex- Geer arrives in tim e to entertain ent, and after the lecture we again
New H em b ers.
trem es seem to meet and blend Hie audience with a recitation and assem bled a t the hall across the
The following nam es have been harm oniously into one, so with day be useful as well as ornam ental, street and enjoyed a social dance
added to our list since the conven and night. The glowing shades of We find very few outspoken Liber- for a few hours, which passed off
eve crown the whole.
, als here, although a great m any pleasantly.
tion:
It is with real regret that we bid believe th a t way.
We were very
Our president had to leave S at
G. H. Pullen.
F ran k ie Snyder.
Carrie Andrews. H. G. M unjar.
adieu to the kind friends who have much am used th e next m orning to urday for his ranch, 30 miles from
T. J. Andrews.
Mrs. H M unjar. done so much to brighten the path bear a conversation at the breakfast Dayville, so we hurriedly tran sa ct
A. I). Scott.
Jo h n A. Gaskell of the Secular pilgrim , but duty table, to which we were com pelled ed the business of the U nion and
Frank Andrews. B wmoden.
calls and we must answer. On the to listen. They were discussing the hade him goodbye, hoping to meet
W. C. Andrews. R. E. Irw in.
Jane DePeatt.
Miles Biggerstaff 13th the Andrews boys drive us F reethought question and the lec- him again this fall, when we ex
back to the “ Infidels’ nest’’, where ture. One good old C hristian said pect to have a regular Secular re
Arthur Andrews. R. H um phreys.
Austin D. Sm ith. W .A .R ichardson we spend the night at the home of hat every lady in the house should vival at Dayville.
The people of
Joseph P utnam . A. L. Colman.
th a t u n tirin g worker, W arren Cars- have left. You know it w ouldn’t this section are very busy at this
J. W. Maguire
A C. Thom as.
ner. The next m orning, bright and hurt the m en, hut C hristianity is a season, while in the w inter thev
Horace Bennett W. Skinner.
It would will have more tim e, and 1 find
C. V. Sweek.
Mrs. E. J. Sm ith. early, we are ready to go on to good thing for women.
Chas. Williams. Mrs R. E. Irw in. Monument. We wish th a t all plac- never do for the women to lose faith th a t they are very anxious to have
G. L. M unjar.
J . A. Pope
es would be as pleasant as the in Jesus!
M ethinks I hear every lectures at nearly every place I have
Chas. E. C onnelly.J. J . M artin
“ Infidels’ nest”, where we have preacher say am en.
visited. We will try and supply
Della Snyder.
spent so m any pleasant hours, and
Mr. Geer has described our trip their wants this year, and although
it is with m any fond remembrarte- from Long Creek to Fox, and, be traveling will he difficult in w inter,
Field N otes.
es th a t we leave it.
sides, I feel th a t my pen could not we can undoubtedly have some
“All work and no p ’av makes
The trip across the Bologna do it justice.
I m ight, however, good meetings.
Jack a dull boy”, and, being an m ountains is som ething to be tell a few tales which he did not
Miss DePeatt lectured again a t
equal suffragist, I m aintain th a t it remembered. F irst we’re up, then know ab o u t—for instance, ru n n in g Dayville on Sunday evening to a
has the sam e effect with Jane, so we’re dow n,and I m ust confess th at from a cow and getting into a mud- fair-sized audience, and M onday
when an in v itatio n , accom panied half the time I im agined we were hole; then our delightful afternoon m orning found the three Secular
by a team, comes from Lonerock in the air. I am sure three wheels in the schoolhouse, where I sat cud- travelers o n the road to Caleb. The
for a p arty , we h eartily assent and were, anyhow. There is som ething died in a corner nursing an aching bike ami I started in advance of
return to Mr. A ndrew s’ pleasant fascinating in danger and its pres- tooth, w hile J a n e looked out of the the rest and reached the home of
home at the edge of the m o untain, ence serves as spice fo r a tiresome window. B ut “ a ll’s well th a t ends ¡ J. L. B arnhouse shortly after noon
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journey. We arrive at the home of well”, and our beginning ended in where we found the fam ily well and
litre a tem pting supper and a Mr. .J. Putnam in good season for a very pleasant visit with Mr. and happy
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and , preparing
draught of N atu re’s restorative d in n er and enjoy a splendid visit Mrs. O. P. P latter. These P latters 1 ture the next evening. The De-
irom a bubbing spring refreshes us with him and his family and also are pioneers in the work and brave- Peat» girls, in com pany with C E
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and by the tim e the jolly young a Mr.
and i Mrs.
Win. / Crabtree,
who i lv i i hold
th » eir own. I m ust not for- Glaze
of Dayville, arrived in the
people of Lonerock have gathered happen to be there for a short time, get to m ention the accom plishm ent evening. We had a jolly tim e th a t
together we are ready to join in the In the afternoon we drive four I acquired while there. I learned evening, and were sorry to p a rt
sport.
miles on to Monument and make how to m ilk the cow. Now for the with Com rade Glaze next m orning
Such a pleasant evening as we did arrangem ents for the lecture. Then art of horseback riding, and my when he started on his return trip
spend! The wee, sm all hours came we retu rn to Mr. P u tn am ’s and education will he completed.
home. Mr. B arnhouse’s son was a t
pass a pleasant evening with music,
ah too soon.
K ate D e P ea tt ,
home this tim e, and we were glad
which
“cheereth
both
man
and
But all declared they could’nt have
Secretary O. S. S. U.
to meet him. He will be at th e
had a better tim e, and with light beast.” Mr. P utnam is a good
(To l>e C o n tin u ed .)
Liberal U niversity this fall if n o th
hearts wended th eir way to their violinist and Mr. Crabtree picks the
ing happens. Mr. B arnhouse has
different
homes,
hile peaceful
banjo
and - sings,
altogether
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Sending bibles to the heathen is a nice farm and a p leasant home on
^leep reigned supreme. Me spend had quite a concert. The next productive of much good — to the 1 M ountain creek, and the evergreen
several days visiting with the good evening we lecture to a good i publishers.
i m ountains which rise g ra d u ally