T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , S E P T E M B E R 29, 1898.
K-mcmhcr th a t vou are invited
To Raise F ive Thousand D ollars
to he at Liberal Hall next Monday
fo r the U n iv e rs ity .
CORRESPONDENCE.
evening.
Secularists,
I I P. ( ’. Mosier, will give $50 With the S tate F air at Salem,
< J ^ “^ L o u Arnes will give.. 50 the “ Mechanics’ F a i r ” at P ortland
A Friend will give....................... 50 and the “ W orld’s F a ir ” a ‘ Mar-
D. Buckingham will g iv e ........... 50 quam , everything seems to he fair
A. Slatnan, M. D., will give. . . 50 in Oregon hut the w eather, and it
R. C. Burtis will give............... 50
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A Friend will g iv e..................... 50 is fair in streaks.
C. E. Glaze and Jam es Officer
C. F. Ames will give.................. 50
P. Rauch will give...................... 50 presented the U niversity with a
D. Bolton will give..................... 50
They
H airy Fricker will give ........... 50 «pan of horses last week.
E. Stewart will g i v e ................... 50 came in good play and are hard at
A Friend will g i v e ........................ 50 work.
Horses, cattle and other
.Mr. Hjerrnstad,
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live stock will be received on dona
Friend from W aldo Hills \
tion and can be used to advantage
H. Allen will g i v e .........................501
L. E. F uller will g iv e................. 50 in our work.
F. W ilkinson will give........... . 50
The shingle fund took a great
J . E. Brooks will give................. 50
jum p this week.
It now am ounts
.Julius F ish e r................................ 50
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Adolf Wolf & S o n ........................ 50 to $14.80. Five times this am ount
J. K. B uff.......................................50
will buy the shingles necessary to
B. A. L eo n ard .............................. 50 put the Torch of Reason roof on
A F re e th in k e r.......................... \
the Libera] U niversity.
All this
W arren C arsner will give........ 50 can he raised by each subscriber
H ave yon
J. L. Barnhouse will g iv e ........... 50 sending in his mite.
John Madden will p a y ............... 50 sent yours?
Alex. H ardie will p a y ................. 50
We were m istaken in our editor
Mrs. E. J . Smith will give . . . . 50
Cal Geer will g iv e........................ 50 ial in saving that evervthing went
provided th a t
off sm oothly last S unday so far as
more men (or women) the Sunday law is concerned. One
will give the sam e man has Been arrested for carrying
W here are on business < »1 th a t fatal day, and
am ount.
the seventy?
has plead not gniltv.
A tussle is
im m inent. We will report p artic
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ulars next week.
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N E W S AN D NOTES.
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Mr. Oscar Steelham m cr, a young
) O O O C K K X H X X X X ) C K X H X X ) < X X X X X > < man from Silverton and a brother
r»m highly rM wmed © im .iil
T lrz v I . i « / , ro.1 U n i v c r o i t y l» « - g in © ila r , f
work for the year next Monday, Louie, is employed as a musician in
October 3.
Parsons’ famous hand at the State
F air.
Silverton tu rn s out some
Remember the entertainm ent at
splendid m usicians, and there is no
Liberal H all M onday evening. It
better band in the state than the
is free for all.
“ Silverton M arine.”
The dining hall is about com
The five thousand d ollar fund
pleted and the force of carpei.ters
will soon begin work on the Uni does not grow anv of late. Now’
th a t harvest is over, don’t you feel
versity building.
th a t you can contribute fifty dollars
Those desiring to attend the Lib to this w orthy cause? Of the th irty
eral University should report at the who have already promised, four
school building at 9 o’clock Monday teen have paid in advance. The
m orning, October 3.
others will pay as soon as the re
The last we heard of our editor m aining seventy are secured.
he was a t the G rand Ronde Indian
Before the next issue of the
reservation.
We hope they will Torch of Reason, the Liberal U ni
not keep him there, for we need versity will have entered upon its
him here.
third year’s work.
We will he in
To raise $1000 im m ediate]y:
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An Old Soldier.
E ditor T orch of R eason :
I send you one dollar to appro-
priatfc to Ihe University where it
will do the most good.
I wish I
c<>” 1,1,1o more, but am crippled and
am getting old, and it takes so
much for medicine th at it keeps me
pretty short of finance.
Yours with respect.
J. C.
Previously acknow ledged...............<470.45
J. II. Randall...............................
S m it h .
A cco rd in g to Prom ise.
May C o ates.................................................. qq
C arrie A n d e rso n ..............................
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M. K e s t e r .......................................... 10.00
M rs. Flora A. B u r tis ..................
15.00
I nform ation
Bureau
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S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU WANT?
If so, m ake your w ants known to us,
and we will try and su p p ly th em . If
w hat we do for you is w orth nothing to
you, we will expect no pay. Cast vour
eye over the list, and th en w rite to us.
Read our ad. on page 6. Address,
IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U ,
B ox 100.
S ilverton , O re .
E ditor T orch of R eason :
Som ething like a year past vou .
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wrote me the Liberals of Oregon
had in contem plation the building
of a U niversity at Silverton, its
purpose to educate the young and
teach them to not be led astray by
any sky pilot, but to infi.im them-
selves on all natural conditions and
,
decide a c co rd in g ly .
you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n Bureau
writing state your age, family il any
occupation and views in regard to relig
ion.
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A g e n ts .— Agents w anted to sell the
F o rstn er Auger B it.
Money can I m
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set | ,a(.k(.d jn nea, ,Jox;
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8 0 a c r e s .—A bout four m iles from Sil-
N a tu re being verton; small, unfinished house; about
OUT highest study, if we fully under-
stood its teachings there would he
less superstition in the world.
On receiving your letter regard
ing Lie U niversity, I said when it
was a fixed fact I would subscribe
ten dollars to the fund. According
to promise I sent you five dollars,
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»nd I now send you the balance to
k e ep m y w o rd g o o d .
Men W a n te d . — If you are a Secu-
will
I larist
m riBv and
n n u n have
a v e <500
< oou to
t o invest
i n v e s t it
it w
in p pay
a'
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cleared ; $600. Better see It.
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W h o W is h e s to I n v e s t ? — 104 a c re s of
as good bottom land as th ere is in the
sta te of W ashington. W as offered flO,
000 for naked land 12 years ago. Sixteen
cows, 9 heifers, 3 horses, wagon, harn ess
es, plows, harrow s, dairy and utensils, 9
hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hay, hav bail
er, good boat, tide w ater at door, 2 h o u s
es, 2 barns, spring w ater at both houses,
berries of all kinds. O w ner h a s milked
35 cows and k ep t 21 head of voung stock,
,.u, ting pIenty Sf bay from th is excellent
P le a s e O p p ly d airy and stock ran ch , which he now
■ t on the shingle fund, and while i t p a v e m e n ts , for »S500.
w ill
not keep
W rile to the In
th e O re g o n m is t off form ation B ureau at once.
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my head, it may shelter some de F o r S a le .—A fine little house in Sil
serving pupil who is striving for a verton,
*ertc w ith one acre of land, for only
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t 1 n $285. “ F irst com e, first served. ’
lioeral education, whereby I shall
he
i b e r a l 1 v paid.
n a id
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F o r 8outh
S ale o of r T
”a d Dallegf
« —A farm
about 30
nt l liberal.y
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The
320 , a(,reH)
in
In conclusion will s a y , I have good school d istric t of ab o u t 100 schol-
h e en
a w a v fro m h o m e f n r
sn n tt. a r s ; county road crossing Cascade m oun-
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e o r kC ni tain s, daily m ail, s h o rt d istan ce to saw
time p a s t. On my arriv al I found mill and flouring m ill, two stores, black-
tl.p Trxi/.b
«,;«». o v
sm ith shop, free wood and an unlim ited
the lo ic h of Reason with a X on, m ountain ra n g e ; box house 16x22 with
as much as to say “ your tim e is kitch en and woodshed added, good
IP, ”
As I a m
in c lin e d tn a s s is t brick fireplace, both u p and dow nstairs
up.
as
i am inclined to assist ceiled with m atched lu m b e r; post barn
the Liberal cause a s much as my 20x32 ; 3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres
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c u ltiv atio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for
ability
will perm it w ithout m ater in
plow. The ow ner holds deed from gov-
ially injuring myself, I will con e m m e t. Price <2000. W ould trad e for a
place in Silverton of equal or less value.
tinue to take the paper.
F ind en The
price of th e place is based on its
closed six dollars.
! m oney-m aking cap acity , and it is now
paying a good incom e. We will in v esti
Respectfully yours,
gate any offer m ade.
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A lfred V anderpoel .
F o r S a le .—A tine litte home in Silver-
to n —.l-8 -acre; apples, p ru n es, rasp b er
ries, cherries, |>ears ; neat little house,
The A irle ss Moon.
painted and papered ; good sidewalk
Price, <4.50.
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Mrs. B ennett and her son have our own buildings, on our own
One of the method« of testing the
w a n t e d - A b u y er for a well equipped
arrived, and the lady has been in land, and even thing will he more question of the existence of a per- livery stable. Good horse«, good buggies,
stall ed as housekeeper at the dining
hall.
The young man expects to
complete his education at our
school.
'convenient than ever before, a l
though w’e will he in far better
shape when onr school building is
ready for occupancy.
ceptihle atm osphere on the moon is I good harne8e8-et<:- CheaP-
the observation of a sta r at the
in stan t when it disappears or
emerges from behind the moon. If
there were a lunar atm osphere it
A splendid program m e is being
The Congregationalist is a u th o r should produce some effect on the
arranged for Monday evening at
ity for this story: An English appearance of the star.
No such
Liberal H all.
After the program
Church clergym an had prepared an effect has ever certainly been ob-
a general good tim e will be had
1 elaborate program for the E aster served. Recently this m ethod has
playing games and visiting. All
service, containing the hym n in {been rendered more delicate, per-
are welcome.
which occurs the line, “ Jesus reigns haps, by the application of photog-
If onr job work departm ent con and heaven rejoices.” Im agine his raphy.
Photographs of «tars
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tinues to receive work at the rate norror when, on taking up a copy made as they
are about to disap-
it has come in the past week in church and conning it over, he pear behind the lunar disk, show no
we will have to employ another found that the p rin ter had m urder- indications of change in the inten-
printer. T h at is w hat we want. ed this line by inserting an ex tra sity of the image, such as would he
Send in your work ; we can do it for s, thuslv:
Jesus resigns and expected to occur if the moon had
you and do it neatly, too.
' heaven rejoices.”
, a perceptible atm osphere.
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School T eacher.—A g entlem an with
th irty y ears' ex p erien ce in th e school
room, w ho holds a te a c h e r’s sta te certifi
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 ecularists W anted.--Secularists who
are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause
are w anted to help build up a Secular
com m unity n ear S ilverton, Oregon. It
is th o u g h t liest th a t each m em ber of the
co m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or
h e r ow n, which can very easily lie ob
ta in e d . W rite to us.
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u Real Fst,ate for ,Sale; - , 80 a(’rep.
house and b arn , good o rch ard , ail fenc-
ed, 8 m iles from Silverton, n e ar school,
^ ‘re8 imProved» on main road. Price
T w enty a c re s; 15 acres improved, all
fenVe<1’
P ‘2 m i,es fr°m 8il-
One h u n d red an d six ty a cres; 12
a<‘^ , ^ red’ 4 mi,e® from Si,verton2