THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1898. g We have received six loads of To Raise Five Thousand Dollars lum ber for the U niversity d o tin g for the University. ^ ^ S e c u la ris ts | \ C. Monier, will give. $50 Lou Ames will give.. 50 A Friend will give....................... 50 D. Buckingham will g iv e............ 50 A. S la m a n , M. D , will give .. 50 H 0 Burtis wili give*? . / ........ 50 xw A F rie n d w ill g i v e . . . . . . . ? . . . 5 it C. F. Ames will give....................50 P. Ranch will give...................... 50 D . B o lto n will g ive................... 50 H arry Fricker w ill g iv e .......... oO E. Stewart will g iv e .................. 50 A F rie n d w ill g i v e .......................... 50 Mr. H jerm stad, / - q Friend from W aldo H ills \ H. Allen will g i v e .........................50 L. E. F uller will g iv e ................. 50 F. W ilkinson will g iv e............... 50 J . E. Brooks will give................. 50 Ju liu s F ish e r................................... 50 Adolf Wolf & Son. . .................... 50 J..K . B uff.......................................... 50 B. A. L eo n a rd .............................. 50 T, , . , (5 0 A F r e e th in k e r ............................' W arren C arsner will give......... J. L. Barnhouse will g iv e.......... John Madden will p a v ............... Alex. H ardie will p a y ................. Mrs. E. J. Sm ith will give . . . . Cal Geer will g iv e........................ provided th a t 50 50 50 50 50 50 more men (or women) 1 1 will give the sam e am ount. W here are the seventy? J J O < X > C < > O < X X X X H )< H > (X X X > O < K X X X ) NEWS AND NOTES. O-O-O-O-O-OO-OOOO-O CKXXXX) 0 -0 0 0 0 0 Two new students from Salem this week. Natural to be Good. The Y. P. S. 8. C. met it Liberal Hall Friday evening at half past seven. The work commenced again with energy and right good will, and the coming year will witness great im provem ent in the members. The following officers were elected: Pres., Louis Rauch; Vice-Pres., Jam es Officer; Sec., Lora Ames; Treas., Reber A lien; S eargent-at- arm s, P. R. Barnhouse; C apts.,A da Page and M artin Klein. The bus iness of the society occupied most of the evening. After the election of some of the officers speeches were called fora tid responded to with words of thanks ond good cheer. A few enjoyable waltzes closed the program and the members a d jo u rn ed happy in the th o u g h t th at again our beloved society ha I met and successfully planned a cam paign against the old grizzly giant Ignora nee. B its. Price, $2.60 by m ail. See ad. 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 < One of uor friends says th a t the building of the Liberal U niversity is the greatest movement of the age. LITTLE POINTS. 0O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O i The witches died nearly two M artin Klein has succeed in re n t hundred years ago. W hen will the ing a house. He and Ids brother will other spooks “ turn up th eir toes?” ‘•bach” and atten d the U niversity If a god th in k s th a t the m urder this year. of an innocent son can save the Our team is kept busy these days world from its ignorance, he needs ru n n in g the free bus to and from to be saved himself. the U niversity,hauling wood, plow D ante sa )s th a t man is oft by ing, etc., etc. vile fear assailed which so overcasts him th a t he recoils from noblest Some of the students and faculty resolutions. Fear is one of the vile enjoyed the apple-paring bee at T. things given to the world by C hris D. Allen’s home last M onday even tianity. ing. Apples, grapes and repartee. The C hristian's savior came and Those who offer excuses now for went in less than forty years. He not helping in the work of educa is supposed to have performed a tional, constructive Secularism few silly miracles and is now sup would find excuses under any con posed to he somewhere in a heaven ditions. above the stars. But Science, the Miss Annie Cline came under the Secularist’s savior, has kept coming wing of our U niversity last Mon ever since m an was m an, perform day. Miss Cline was with us p art ed wonderful feats and is still on of last year and enters into the earth rapidly perfecting our race. work again with the proper spirit. We u n d er-tand th a t the Silver- ton public school has organized a literary society sim ilar to the Y. P. 8. 8. C. W<* hope it wili be, like ours,free from religion and discord., CORRESPONDENCE. the week. The lum ber will soon > 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 < all be on the ground, and as soon Praise for Pluck. as we can pav for it w e will go ahead with the building. How long E ditor 'P orch of R eason : will that lie? Let each one answ er I tru st the U niversity is m eeting for himself. with sucees in its attendance. You The shingle fund Ml no sm all item < ertiiinlv are entitled to much this week. It has been added to by praise fcr pluck, energy and per contributors from several different sistent enterprise in its behalf. E n states and now am ounts to $19.80. closed find $2, which put into the There are some states we have not shingle or any other fund where it heard from and we hope it will not will do the most good. he long before we can report enough C. K. T enney . donated to buy the shingles for the roof of the Liberal T niversity. Our study room is used evenings W oodworkers, d o n ’t forget to send an as a reading room. order for a set o f th e F o rstn e r A uger J. E. and M. P. Hosm er visited the capital city last S aturday. oooo-oooooooooooooo <>00000 < Lumber Fund. To raise $1000 im m ediately : Previously a ck n o w le d g ed .............. $496.95 Dr. A. S la m a n .................................. 50.00 E . S te w a rt.......................................... 20.00 B. L. H jerm stad............................ 5.00 E ditor T orch of R eason : I read in the Liter rv Digest of Sept. 24, 1899, “ Revision of the C atholic index of prohibited hooks.” W hy does Rome prohibit any hooks at all? Is her doctrine not based upon good common sense and reason? W hy does she not teach her children two things — to know the true m eaning of right and wrong? Let them learn th a t les son well, and I w arrant you and the whole Catholic church th a t they m ay read every hook prohibit ed and they will receive all the good (if any) in such books and sim ply pass the bad by. But, my dear readers, this is not the object of the C atholic church. She very well knows of her despotism ; she very well knows she m ust keep her children in ignorance in order th a t her prelates may live high on the fat of the land. The church fears th a t these books contain a great deal of tru th and m ay open the door to readers of good judgm ent to the fact th a t they are misled. If the ch u rch ’s doctrine is good and it teaches the laity to know right from wrong, aU the books in the world would not affect their moral principles, except to m ake them better men and women. Give the F reeth in k in g and L iberal men and women any and all books ever published in the w orld,and they will sim ply abstract the good and cast aw ay the bad, as it is n atu ra l for m an to be good. D r . L. S. S toll , Ex-C atholic. Rem em ber, if you send us the nam itnes es and addressee addresses of 25 o of your Liberal friends and aequaint- will m a ake ances, we w in m k e y you o u a present • ▲ 1— *15 1 _ i l l of a copy of the Torch of Reason Song Book No. 1. 'I'his will only cost you a few m inutes’ work and a 2 cent stam p. Inform ation Wl 1 — 0 » reau T 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 supply th em . If w hat we do for you is worth nothing to you, we will ex p ect no pay. C ast your eye over th e list, and th en w rite to us. Read our ad. on page 6. A ddress. IN F O R M A TION B U R E A U , Box 100. S il v e r t o n , O r e . 1 2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a Secu larist and have 4500 to invest it will pay you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n Bureau. In w riting sta te your age, fam ily if any, occupation and views in regard to relig ion. 12 A g e n ts .— Agents w anted to sell the F o rstn er Auger B it. Money can he m ade. Send 60c for sam ple, o r $2.60 for full set packed in n e at l>ox. 13 8 0 a c re s .—A bout four m iles from Sil verton ; sm all, unfinished house; about 5 acres cleared ; $600. B etter see It. 11 W h o W ish es to In v e s tP —104 acres of as good bottom land as th ere is in the sta te of W ashington. W as offered >10,- 060 for naked land 12 years ago. Sixteen cows, 9 heifers, 3 horses, wagon, h a rn e ss es, plows, harrow s, dairy and u ten sils, 9 hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hay, hay bail er, good boat, tide w ater a t door, 2 h o u s es, 2 barns, spring w ater at both houses, lierries of all kindis. O w ner has m ilked 35 cows and k ep t 21 head of vuung stock, c u ttin g p len ty of hay from th is excellent d airy and stock ran ch , which he now offers, with all stock, produce an d im provem ents, 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 house in Sil verton, w ith one acre of lam i, for only $285. ‘T i r s t come, first se rv ed .” 4 F o r S ale o r T va d e .—A farm , about 30 m iles south 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, daily m ail, sh o rt d istan ce to saw m ill and flouring m ill, two stores, black sm ith shop, free wood am i an u nlim ited m ou n tain ran g e ; box house 16x22 with k itch en and woodshed added, good brick fireplace, l>oth u p and dow nstairs ceiled with m atched lu m b e r; {»ost barn 20x32; 3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres in c u ltiv a tio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for plow. The ow ner holds deed from gov- ern m e t. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a place in Silverton of equal or less value. The price of th e piatte is based on its m oney-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 fitte hom e in Silver- to n — l2-acre; apples, p ru n es, raspl)er- ries, cherries, {»ears; neat little house, p ain ted anti p a p ered ; good sidew alk. Price, $450. 3 W a n te d —A buyer for a well equipped livery stable. Good horses, good buggies, ; good h arn eses,eic. C heap. W rite to u s.8 Spoke Too Late. S ch o o l T e a c h e r.—A g en tlem an with th irty y ears' experience in th e school room , who holds a te a c h e r’s sta te certifi At a recent M ethodist cam p m eet cate, would like em p lo y m en t as teacher. ing, says the Breeze, a pretty young ; Teach vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic. 9 widow who was out in the con gregation sp arrin g for converts, said to a solemn looking young fellow, who appeared to be in the first stage of conviction. “ M * v dear * voting »— J friend it would do my heart good to lead v«»u to the a lta r.” He said he would like it first rate, but he was engaged to two girls and th at was as m any as he could attend to. S e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who are thoroughly in terested in th e cause are w anted to help build up a Secular co m m u n ity n ear S ilverton, Oregon. It is th o u g h t best th a t each m em ber of the co m m u n ity ow n a little hom e of his or h e r own, which can very easily lie 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 ard , ail fenc ed, 8 m iles from S ilverton, n ear school, 35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price $800. 5 T w enty a c re s ; 15 acres im proved, all fenced, good sp rin g , P j m iles from Sil v erto n . Price $700. 6 One h u n d red and six ty a c re s; 12 Are you nocqiiaiuteri with the acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton. m erits of the F orstner auger hit? P rice $300. 7