THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1898.
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We have received six loads of
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars
lum ber for the U niversity d o tin g
for the University.
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| \ 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
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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,
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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
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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
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more men (or women)
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NEWS AND NOTES.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ard , ail fenc­
ed, 8 m iles from S ilverton, n ear school,
35 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price
$800.
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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.
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Are you nocqiiaiuteri with the
acres cleared, 4 m iles from Silverton.
m erits of the F orstner auger hit?
P rice $300.
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