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,
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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.
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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.
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NEWS AND NOTES.
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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
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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,
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and we will try and supply th em . If
In fo rm atio n
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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.
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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.
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M iss Frankie Snyder.
B. A. L eo n ard .............................. 50
Mrs. B ennett, of
Vancouver, !
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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