4 the torch of reasok , silverto ::. obfhom , T hursday , O ctober «. iw*. reasonable figure, and with his aid the intellectual faculties and give stu d en ts knowledge of all the facts we reached the Indian reservation of history and of nature, it must be and camped for the night. After plain »hat the real truth along taking care of our three horses and everv line will he discovered, as a eating our cold lunch, we went to general rule, by such an educated sleep on M other N a tu re s lap. one much sooner than it w ill bv There we slept with the beautiful those whose m ental powers arc weak blue dome ol tbe great sta r cham ber and whose stock of historical and above us, but thoughts of our long scientific facts is rn .,d ’. If t'lo i-ii- drive on the morrow awakened us | anitv is tru e,th en , and if C hristians very early, and ere the stars had cu red m u st be e n d u re d . W e m u st honestly believe it to he true, they Entered at th e postoffice at Silverton, ceased to shine we started again all “ le arn to la b o r a n d to w a it” . Oregon, as seeond-class mail matt» r. should do all in th eir power to We h av e been fo rtu n a te in secitr-1 toward the great Pacific. prom ote non-sectarian institu tio n s Driving three horses when one is ¡ng a n o th e r te a c h e r, Mrs. H a r r y ! SUBSCRIPTION R ^TES. of learning. Tow n, w ho com es to us h ig h ly re- not used to driving is hard work,and To be sure, we the facu’tv are One year, in ad v an ce.......................... H 99 before dark we had a“ tired feeling” , 5G co m m en d ed an d h o ld in g p ap e rs of known to be Infidels, but we be Six m onths, in a d v a n c e .................... 25 high m o ral a n d e d u c a tio n a l value. but we were bound to reach T illa Three m onths, in a d v an c e ................ lieve in freedom of thought and In clubs of five or m ore, one year, - mook City th at night, and so, by ¡„advance................................... •• 75 M any will be ao n y to learn that endeavor to teach the students to Money should be sent by registered p r( ,feHp(,r G e e r w ill not he ab le to our better half driving ihe lead be independent — to do their own le tte r or m oney order. ta ke bjg c , aSKeh a , p r i.8ent. On ac horse, we crossed Green M ountain th in k in g ; and when C hristian m in count of b is a b ility as sa le sm a n and after dark, reaching the city about isters or C hristian laym en combat Notice! o u r g re a t need of th e “ a lm ig h ty 11 p. m., where friends and re la our in stitu tio n , it is pretty good d o lla r’ , be h as c o n tra c te d to w ork tives gave us a hearty welcome. proof th a t they are not anxious for A pencil m ark here denotes th a t your We regret very much th a t we a s h o rt tim e for his fo rm er em ploy- j subscription will ex p ire w ith th e next the young people to discover the num ber. You are earnestly requested ers, M essrs A dolf Wolf<fc Son, who could not stay longer, but much tru th , but are afraid to have them to renew so th a t you n.ay receive ih e pa work in Silverton called to .us to are closing o u t th e ir im m en se stock per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de learn to th in k and are like the old cided th a t it is I»est for all concerned of g en eral m e rc h a n d ise an d were hasten, and so we staid only one th a t we do not send papers longer th an U ,. ii« » r h e ir day; but this was long enough to church, desirous of forcing the p< o- th e tim e paid for unless so ordered, v e ry a n x io u s to h a v e A ll. O e e r n e q ple into the m ental slavery of the T his will p revent any loss and we will J , learn th a t our school has m any know just w here we sta n d . j . . i warm friends there and th a t quite Dark Ages. We request you to send us th e nam es | A s we a r e w r itin g th e m a il c o m e s of Secularists who m ight become ! | a(j e n w itli a n o t h e r o n e of th o s e a n - - a num ber of Tillam ook students scriliers and we will m ail sam ple copies. ,, , . g d s without wmgs, a nfty-doiiai will finish their education in the Im a g in a tio n an d In s a n ity . Liberal U niversity. THURSDAY. OCT. 6, B. 298 «•><**• 1» W. E. Page made the school quite in c K S L F A T , ____________ t a , d M r A .S la m a n is the S e c u la r E ditor T orch of R eason : a nunber of presents, am ong which ist from w hose L ib e ra l, h re e th o u g h t As usual, the Torch of Reason O p e n in g . b ra in o rig in a te d th e id ea of se n d in g was a fine, large steam cooker for was read with avidity. It is doing the dining hall. o u t his an g el of g o (o )d . The third year’s work of the Lib We came home via North Y am hill h u m an ity more good than all the W ell, o u r good w ork is m a rc h in g eral U niversity has begun in ea r hut on account of a heavy rain, exclusive political clap -trap pub on, am i in a few y e a rs we will look nest. At this writing it is impos our homeward journey was not a lished in the land. It contains the back upon these «lays of c o n s tru c t sible to tell just how many will pleasant one. W hile on the m oun substance of all tru e political h u ive, m o ral work for S ecularism w ith attend, but the outlook is very m an conduct. It, through reason, b rig h t/ Miss Lillian Johnson, who p rid e an d feel well paid for our la- tain s we were wet and cold—chilled removes that blind, orthodox, relig attended last year, has returned hors with th e coin th at passes cur- to the bone, but by patience we a rriv ious prejudice th a t ham pers the and adds her talents and enthus- rent in th e minds of a ll-th e thought ed safe and sound where we found free action of the m ind. It removes ¡asm again to our great cause, th a t we have be n of service to our everybody hard at work and s tu d im aginary fears of an asserted hell. ents com ing from afar to atten d the H er brother Edwin will follow as fellow men. only Liberal U niversity in the It removes the im aginary, unproven soon as his work will perm it. She , — — — —— pleasures of treading heavenly world. expects him about the 15th of this 1 W a n d e r in g s . streets paved with gold, and angels m onth. Mr. F rank Brown, (if On- for associates with harpt* galore, One of our professors being led tario, arrived S aturday, and even based upon the wild im aginings of A P ro m o te r o f T r u th . our short acquaintance h as convinc astray from the fold by the enemy a few prolific m inds. It brings ed us th at he is to he a valuable known as F ilth y Lucre, we are in- man back to him self, to a study of If the theories of C hristianity are addition to our little band ol work- ere. Jam es Officer, of Dayville, «Hiced to help h.m escape to h.s true, there is nothing th a t will him self, within the tru e and n atu ral sphere of m an. N atu re may be who has been atten d in g the state former home across the Coast m ake so m any good C hristians as perverted, but can not be changed fair, came l ack and with Mr. Dick Range, close by the great roaring a school like the Liberal U niversi by im agination, upon which ortho Barnhouse, from Caleb, has been pea ty. We teach the strictest and dox (reeds are based. helping the carpenters get the ^tbe e(p tnr a n ,j bis better- In the letter you honored by highest kind of m orality. We be rooms ready for the school; and day lieve th a t there is no danger of be publication, allow me to state it since his arrival, W llson Ben- , . zv.w ‘with a new team which w’as just ing too good, and th a t every one contains only the everyday in ci nett has been waiting on the c a r dents by which the priestcraft sub penters, driving the new team and th at m orning donated to the U ni- should be just as good as he or she sists upon m a n ’s im aginative m en assisting the work wherever he versitv by Messrs Glaze and Officer, is capable of being. It is our duty tal elem ents. To the orthodox could. These new students from for the home of the cohog and salal. to m ake the very most of life, and bigot im agination becomes fact, d istan t parts of our state are sure j The first half-day’s drive was a nothing can be m ade of a moral from which arise crosses upon the to add much to the success of our very pleasant one, hut in the after wreck compared with w hat can be back and sleeves with overcoat school this year and be the means noon we reached the McCoy hills, m ade from a ch aracter th a t has capes, formed after the holy, sacred of bringing others into the work in and the trouble began. The load never gone to pieces on the slim y h ea rt of M ary, which to me is a the near future. Most of last year’s was a heavy one and the hills were rocks of dissip tion and abuse. play upon the im agination of bigots students who live in Silverton are ju st wet enough to be sticky, and Therefore, in our teachings of pure to cover the rottenness of the back again, with quite an addition we “ got stu ck ”. A fter w aiting some m anhood and womanhood we are wearer, the holy priest. How of new ones. V ictor D ahl, H arry tim e help cam e and we dragged building up “ fit temples of the Holy ratio n al m inds detest then;—craven Melson, W inola Allen and M artin along up the hills, hut after talking G host” , provided there is one and hypocrites in robes! It begets dis Klein have cast their lot w ith us with Mr. Reese, with whom we th at he (she or it) understands his No modern gust for the whole outfit of the and we hear of quite a large num - staid over night, we concluded our (her or its) business. A man C hristian can deny th a t a good would-be holy fraternity. her of others who will be here in a team could not take our heavy load is only a m an, a substance existing over the m ountains; we therefore character is the very best founda few days. in N atu re, governed by N atu re’s Our buildings are going to an- began to try to buy, beg or borrow tion for a perfect C hristian life, and laws. swer our present conditions better another horse. W e a t last found a as our school is purely non-secta T his brings to thought the word than we thought at first. We will ¡good one and bought him at a very rian , alw ays endeavoring to train be som ewhat crowded, but if the good weather keep« up for a m onth or so and our friends give us The Only P ap er of Its Kind. enough financial aid, we will be Published W eekly by th e Liberal U n i able to move into th e m ain build versity Com pany, in the In terests of ing in a short time. Of course we C onstructive, Moral Secularism . will have a much larger degree of i F H o sm e r ............ E ditor success when we get into the b u ild - P W Gccr * ‘ ....M a n a g e r ¡ng th a t is being bo th especially for ’ »cho” i purposes, but ‘ w h a t c a n ’t be Torch of Reason