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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898. T housands of bushels of the finest To Raise Five Thousand Dollars kinds of fruit are going to waste for the U niversity. in sight of the U niversity. No oue needs to starve in the W illam ette Secularist«, I \ C. M osier, w ill give $50 ) Valley. Ix>u Ames will give.. 50 will give....................... 50 One m ore hard y ear’s work and D. Buckingham will g ive......... 50 we will be a power in the F re e - A. S la m a n , M. D , will g iv e. . . 50 thought field that will com m and R. C. B urtis will g iv e............... 50 A Friend will give...................... 50 the respect of every worker for C. F. Ames will give....................50 tru th ami right. P. Rauch will give...................... 50 Mr. T. D. Allen went to Salem J). Bolton will g ive..................... 50 H arry Fricker will g iv e............. 50 S aturday and took a load of prunes E. Stewart will g iv e ................... 50 and our editor with him. They re- A Friend will g i v e .........................50 turned safely the same evening, Mr. Hj erm stad, / m inus the prunes. Friend from W aldo Hills ( II. Allen will g i v e .........................50 Mr. John Dahl and his son are L. E. F uller will g iv e................. 50 Mr. F. W ilkinson will give............... 50 working for us this week. .J. E. Brooks will g ive................. 50 Dahl will move to Silverton in a Ju liu s F ish e r................................... 50 few days and put his children in Adolf Wolf & S o n ........................ 50 J. K. B uff....................................... 50 the Liberal U niversity. 30 are building an addition to the dining hall 18x30 feet, two stories high. T his will give us ample room to carry on our work until the m ain U niversity building 1 is completed. | NEWS AND NOTES. ! To raise $1000 im m e d ia te ly : Previously ack n o w led g ed ...............$470.45 J . H. R a n d a ll.............................................. 50 May Coal e s ........................................ .50 C arrie A n d e rso n .............................. ,50 M. Kester ................ M rs. Flora A. B u r n « ...................... p 15.00 The business m anager m ade a bicycle trip to P ortland and return this week. F. H. Shaw, of P o rt land, accom panied him hom e and will work in the Torch of Reason office a few w eeks while Mr. Morris T S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G Y O U WANT? , takes an outing. 1 If so, m ake your w ants know n to us, j and we will try and supply th em . If In fo rm atio n . . . ^ — B ureau w hat we do for you is w orth nothing to you, we will exjiect no pay. C ast your X eye over th e list, an d th en w rite to us. Read o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress, O <XXXHK><X><XX><><X><X>O<)<XH><XX>0 | OBITUARY. ' '70<X X >0<X X H X >C <H X X ><X >'f>0<H X H )C INFORMATION BUREAU, Box 100. S ilverton , O re . 2 0 M en W a n t e d — If you are a Secu la rist and have $500 to invest it will pay We have ju«t received a letter you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n Bureau. In w ritin g sta te y o u r age, fam ily if anv, giving the particulars of the death occupation and views in regard to relig of Miss F rankie Snyder. ion. 12 M iss Frankie Snyder. B. A. L eo n ard .............................. 50 Mrs. B ennett, of Vancouver, ! (5 0 It is alw ays sad to part with our A F ree th in k er.......................... Wash., has been em ployed as house-1 dear friends and loved ones, but W arren Carsner will give......... 50 keeper at the dining hall for the in this case it seems doubly hard J. L. B arnhouse will give........... 50 com ing year. H er son will attend for the bereaved ones to bear their John Madden will p a y ............... 50 the Liberal U niversity. loss. Alex. H ardie will p a y ................. 50 Mrs. E. J. Sm ith will give . . . . 50 Miss F ran k ie was just entering Our business m anager spent a Cal Geer will give........................ 50 day on his farm , five miles south of on the threshold of womanhood, provided th a t Silverton, last week, ami besides when all the world seems bright m s x more men (or women) gathering several bushels of luscious and gay and life is so dear to us. ■ ■ will give the sam e She was sick but a short time, and am ount. W here are fruit for the U niversity he played the part of Nim rod and brought in died at her home in D ayville, Ore., the seventy? Septem ber 1 1 , 1 8 9 8 , at 1:15 o’clock a coon and a Chinese pheasant. p. m. H er father, Mr- A. P. O <XKXXX><XXXXX><XXXXX> <KXXXX> o The shingle fund has now reached Snyder, was traveling in the W il $7.25. All it takes is a little from • lam ette Valley at the tim e and we 0 iX K K K X X K X K X J-O O O O O O O O O O O O O Q each one to raise the am ount and fear the news will prove a cruel we will soon have the U niversity shock to him. We are having very fine w eather shingled. D o not neglect to send Miss Snyder leaves a vacant for the work on our building. in what you can. The sooner the place in our Secular ranks th a t can better, but better late than never. never he filled. She was a m em ber We have em ployed one of the of the O. S. S. U., and an active best elocution and music teachers H. C. Edw ards, of P o rtlan d , has worker in the D ayville Secular in the West for the coming y ea r’s been with us this week, and has I ; Union. We can not help m ourn work. kindly donated five d a y s’ work on ing, it is n a tu ra l; b i t we m ust Mr. Edwards did some good the U niversity. He has now gone rem em ber m at we still have work work in the basement this week, to P ortland, but expects to return to do, and if we would build a last p u ttin g posts under the lower floor in a few days and locate in Silver- ing m onum ent to her memory we ton in order to send his son to m ust go to work with renewed of the building. We need more such men as Mr. E d vigor and help each other to carry Louis Rauch, Chas. Page and wards. on the work where she left <iff as M artin Klein are working out the C. E. Glaze and Jam es Officer best we can. coming y ear’s tuition on the U ni The relatives have our deepest arrived in Silverton Tuesday after versity building. noon. T hey, in com pany with Mr. sym pathy, and we wish we could One of W. R. Sm ith’s team s A. P. Snyder, have driven a band help them in this their hour of hauled over 1,800 feet of rustic at of horses from Dayville, Oregon, trouble, hut there are times we one load one day this week, and and have sold all but six of them . know when nothing but a person’s the road is rough. Mr. Snyder has returned home and own courage and bravery can carry him through the dark waters of You should read the editorial Mr. Glaze will follow in a week or Mr. Officer will rem ain in grief th at seem to engulf him. “ Twenty F orerunners,” on the 4th two. For Miss F ran k ie Snyder we can page of this issue. Perhaps you Silverton and will attend the Lib tru ly sav th a t she will alw ays be would like to be one of the twenty. eral U niversity. remembered by the sweet, gentle The force of carpenters has been N ext Sunday the stores and bus life she has led. working on the dining hall the past iness houses of Silverton will he Not th y self, but th e tru th th a t in life few days in order to get it ready closed, according to an ordinance th o u h a s t sp o k e n , for the opening of school October 3. passed by the city council. This N ot thyself, hut th e seed th a t in life thou hast sow n, ordinance was prom pted by a peti We have kept eight men em tion num erously signed by the bus Shall pass on to ages; all aliout th ee for g o tten , ployed on the U niversity and d in iness men of the city, and does not Save th e tru th thou h a st sj>oken, th e ing hall the past week, and as a appear to be an orthodox move th in g s thou hast done. consequence the work goes on quite m ent. Several m erchants have Yes, like the fragranee th a t w anders in rapidly. wanted to close their places of bus freshness. The first story of the first Liberal iness for rest on S unday, but did W h e n t h e f lo w e r s t h a t i t c a m e f r o m a r e c lo s e d u p a n d g o n e , U niversity has been raised and not do so on account of others work will be begun on the second holding off, but now th a t the ordi So sh a lt thou 1 m 1 to th is w orld’s weary d w e lle rs , story as soon as the carpenters are nance is passed they will close. We Always rem em bered by w hat thou bast through with the dining hall. | will aw ait the result. done. J Lumber Fund. W e A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell the F o rstn e r A uger B it. M oney can be m ade. Send 60c for sam ple, or $2.60 for full set packed in neat box. 13 8 0 a c re s. —Al>out four m iles from Sil verton ; sm all, u nfinished h o u se ; about 5 acres cleared ; $600. B etter see It. 11 W h o W is h e s to In v e s tP —104 acres of as good liottom land as th ere is in the sta te of W ash in g to n . Was offered ',10,- OtX) for naked land 12 years ago. Sixteen cows, 9 heifers, 3 horses, wagon, h arn ess es, plow s, harrow s, dairy and u ten sils, 9 hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hay, hav b ail er, good I>oat, tide w ater a t door, 2 h o u s es, 2 b arns, sp rin g w ater at both houses, Iterries of all kinds. O w ner h as m ilked 35 cows an d k ept 21 head of young stock, «•utting p len ty of hav from th is excellent d airy and sto«‘k ran c h , which fie now offers, witfi all stock, produce and im p ro v em en ts, for $5500. W rite to th e I n form ation B ureau at once. 1 F o r S a le .— A fine little bouse in Sil v erto n , w ith one acre of land, for only $285. “ F irs t com e, first se rv ed .” 4 F o r S a le o r T ’-ad e.— A farm , about 30 m iles so u th of The Dalles. 320 acres, in good school d istric t of about. 100 schol ars ; county road crossing Cascade m oun ta in s, d aily m ail, s h o rt d istan ce to saw m ill and flouring m ill, two sto res, black sm ith shop, free wood and an unlim ited m o u n tain ran g e ; l>ox house 16x22 with k itchen an d woodshed ad d ed , good brick fireplace, both up and dow nstairs ceiled w ith m atched lu m b e r; post barn 20x32; 3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres in c u ltiv a tio n , alxnit 50 m ore ready for plow. T he ow ner holds deed from gov- e m m e t. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a place in S ilverton of equal or less value. The price of th e place is based on its m o ney-m aking capacity, and it is now paying a good incom e. We will in v esti gate any offer m ade. 2 F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver- to n — * l2-ac re; apples, p ru n es, ra sp b e r ries, ch erries, ,>ears; neat little house, pain ted am i p a p e re d ; good sidew alk. Price, $450. 3 W a n te d —A buyer f o ra well equipped livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies, good h arn eses.etc. C heap. W rite to u s.8 S chool T e a c h e r .—A g entlem an w ith th irty y ears' ex p erien ce in th e school room , who holds a te a c h e r’s sta te c ertifi cate, would like em p lo y m en t as teacher. Teach vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic. 9 S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause are w anted to h elp build u p a Secular c o m m u n ity n ear S ilv erto n , O regon. It is th o u g h t lx*st th a t each m em b er of tHe c o m m u n ity own a litile hom e of his or h e r ow n, w hich can very easily l>e ob ta in e d . W rite to us. 10 R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres, house and b a rn , good o rch a rd , all fenc e d , 8 m ile s fro m S i l v e r t o n , n e a r s c h o o l, 35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price |8 0 0 . 5 T w enty a c re s; 15 acres im proved, all fenced, good sp rin g , l 1., m iles from Sil v erto n . P rice $700. 6 One h u n d red an d six ty a c re s; 12 acres cleared , 4 m iles from S ilverton. P r i c e $ 3 00. 7