THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1*98.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars
Dr. Clymer of Arizona has p re
for the University.
sented the school with a dead Cen
tipede which is five and one half
inches in length.
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W hen a m an becomes thoroughly
contented he has outlived his use
fulness.
Secularists,
Nail It to the Roof.
R. C. Mosier, will g iv e .$>50
Lou Ames will give.. 50
J . M. Davis of C urrv C ounty
A Friend will give....................... 50 writes th at he is enroute to Silver- E ditor T orch of R eason :
Enclosed find $1.50, one dollar
D. Buckingham will g iv e........... 50 ton with his fam ily, and intends t o
A. Slam an, M. D., will give. . . 50
to be nailed on the roof o f the L ib
R. C. Burtis will g iv e............... 50 locate here to school his children. eral U niversity, and 50cts to pay I 8 T H E R E ANYTHING YOU WANT?
A Friend will give..................... 50
Miss Lillian Johnsons’ brother for th e TORCH OF REASON for 1 If so, m ake your w ants know n to us,
C F \ me« « ill «¡ve
50
and
V we , . - an-,
.
- - tueni, If
P. Rauch will give...................... 50 Edwin is expected everv nay now 6 m onths. Yours for rre eto u g h t,
w hat we do for you is w orth nothing to
D. Bolton will give..................... 50 at the U niversity. This accounts
M r . and M bs . D. W o lfa r d . i you, we will ex p ect no pay. Cast your
eye over th e list, and th en w rite to us.
H a iry Fricker will g iv e............. 50 for L illian ’s frequent visits to the
Read our ad. on page 6. A ddress.
E. Stewart will g iv e ................... 50 depot.
IX FO R MATION B U R E A L ,
Every Little Helps.
A Friend will g i v e ....................... 50
! Box 100.
S ilverton , O r e .
Mr. H jerm stad,
/
rf.
These golden days should he E ditor T orch of R eason :
H o u s e k e e p e r.— W anted, by a widow
Friend from W aldo Hills \
filled with the sound of ham m er
er, a ladv as h o u sek eep er; one who u n
Enclosed please find money or derstand* th e care of cliildren ami wants
H. Allen will g i v e .........................50
and
saw
on
the
U
niversity
build
L. E. F uller will g iv e................. 50 j
der for $1.00 for the shingle fund. a p e rm a n en t hom e. None but a Liberal
need ap p ly .
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ing
hut
we
ca
n
’t
go
on
till
the
lum
F. W ilkinson will give............... 50
I will try and get some more if I
J . E. Brooks will give................. 50 ber is paid for.
2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a Secu
can. Mr. K. C. Atwood was kind
larist and have ^500 to invest it will pay
Ju liu s F ish e r................................ 50
The death by drow ning of Dr. T. enough to give me 50c when I only you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n Bureau,
Adolf Wolf & S o n ........................ 50
J. K. B uff.......................................... 50 j C. Collins of Midway, Kv., is re asked for the 25c, and W . Stone, in w ritin g sta te y o u r age, fam ily if any,
occupation and views in regard to relig
B. A. L eo n ard .......................... f . 50 ported. Dr. Collins, it is said, had 25c, and I wish I could have ’had ion.
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A F ree th in k er.......................... J
never recovered from th e shock of $25 instead of the 25c to give to
A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell the
/ 50 j
F
o
rstn e r A uger B it.
Money can l»e
you. B ut every little helps. I am
W arren C arsner will give......... 50 his daughter M ay’s tragic death in
m ade. Send 60c for sam ple, or $2.60
yours truly.
for full set {lacked in neat box.
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J. L. B arnhouse will give........... 50 Decern bdr, 1896.
M rs . D. J. K r e t z e r .
John Madden will p a y ............... 50
8 0 a c re s .—A bout four m iles from Sil
C
aptain
G
ilstrap
of
the
O.
A.
C.
Alex. H ardie will p a y ................. 50
verton ; sm all, u nfinished h o u se; about
Mrs. E. J. Sm ith will give . . . . 50 of Corvallis m ade us a very pleas- 1
5 acres cleared ; $600. B etter see It.
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A Noble Undertaking.
Cal Geer will give........................ 50 an t visit last week. He is em ploy
W h o W ish e s to I n v e s t? —104 acres of
provided th a t
ed as teacher bv the A gricultural E ditor T orch of R eason ;
as good bottom land as th ere is in the
I have been looking for the blue sta te of W ash in g to n . W as offered $10,-
more men (or women) College and will w rite several a r
000 for naked land 12 years ago. Sixteen
cross some tim e, as my tim e must cows, 9 heifers, 3 horses, wagon, h a rn e ss
will give the sam e i ticles for the Torch this year.
am ount.
W here are
soon be up, if not so already. es, plow s, harrow s, dairy and u ten sils, 9
hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hay, hay b a il
We
have
purchased
a
large
Army
the seventy?
Please let me know how it is.
e r, good boat, tide w ater at door, 2 h o u s
A m bulance which will he used
Those of you who have u n d e r -: es, 2 b arn s, spring w ater at both houses,
lierries of all kinds. O w ner has m ilked
as
a
free
bus
for
the
students
and
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taken the charge of building and 35 cows an d k ep t 21 head of vonng stock,
teachers. Tt will sta rt from the
ttin g p len ty of hay from th is excellent
NEWS AND NOTES.
X Torch of R eaaon office at 8:45 a. in. ru n n in g the U niversity have cer-, c d u airy
and stock ran ch , which he now
tain
lv
done
nobly
and
helped
the
offers,
w ith all stock, produce an d im
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and from the U niversity at 4 p. m.
p
ro
v
em
en ts, for $5500. W rite to th e I n
cause of F reethought in a practical
form ation B ureau a t once.
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Our school rooms are busy places everv school day.
way th at will go on in the g a th e r
these days.
F o r S a le .— A fine little house in S il
H u rrah ! the hall has been s ta rt ing flood of Liberalism , sweeping v erto n , w ith one acre of land, for only
A sidewalk to the U niversity will ed! Mr. Peter Rauch says he into the years to come.
$285. “ I i r s t com e, first serv ed .”
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soon he a fact.
C. W. S aun ders .
knows a good thing when he sees
F o r S a le o r T»-ade.—A farm , ab o u t 30
m
iles
south of The Dalles, 320 acres, in
See Uncle Josh at L iberal H all it and is the first to become one of
good school d istric t of about 100 schol
Wide Awake.
the tw enty forerunners. His $500
ars ; county road crossing Cascade m o u n
S atu rd ay night, and then dance.
ta in s, daily m ail, sh o rt d istance to saw
—
is ready when tw enty others are.
m ill and flouring m ill, two stores, b lack
Mary Dahl and Elm a Sm ith en
Come quick!
F irst come first E ditor T orch of R eason :
sm ith shop, free wood and an u n lim ited
tered the U niversity this week.
I am out of letterheads and want m ountain ran g e ; box house 16x22 w ith
served.
itch en and woodshed added, good
som ething new, and you m ust do k brick
There will he a social dance after
fireplace, both u p and do w n stairs
Some of the faculty and students the job if it costs double the price ceiled w ith m atched lu m b e r ; post b arn
the play S atu rd ay evening a t Lib
3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres
of the U niversity spent Sundav on here.
eral H all.
Enclosed find sam ple head- 20x32;
in c u ltiv a tio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for
L iberal U niversity farm , gathering ing; do the job to suit yourselves plow. T he ow ner holds deed from gov-
Pres. Hosmer visited P ortland
fruit and rusticating. I t is possi and it will suit me. Send me the e rn m e t. Price $2000. W ould tra d e for a
place in Silverton of equal or less value.
and Vancouver last, week, re tu rn
ble to m ake this little farm the bill and a money order will follow. 1 T he price of th e place is based on its
ing Sunday.
prettiest on earth , and th at is what Never let my subscription expirejlet m onev -tn ak in g cap acity , and it is now
paying a good incom e. " We will in v e sti
You should hear the W eber D ra we will try to do and at the same me know ,and the money w ill come. gate any offer m ade.
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m atic Co. at Liberal H all F riday time raise all th e fruit, vegetables, ! I am no doubt one of the poorest
F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver-
and S aturday evenings.
e tc , th a t the U niversity will med. on your list, hut I will do some to n —J2-ae re; apples, p ru n es, rasplier-
ries, ch erries, {»ears; neat little house,
thing
soon
to
help
pay
for
shingles
Mr. Lou Ames, our patron, ac
p
ain ted and p a p ered ; good sidew alk.
C aptain Page and her corps of
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com panied by his son Elvin a tte n d en terta in e rs in the Y . P. S. S. C. to cover the U niversity, so th a t rice, $450.
ed the Exposition at P ortland last rendered the first program of the when my girl atten d s school she
W a n te d —A buyer for a well eq u ip p ed
liv
ery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
S atu rd ay .
season at Liberal H all Friday will not get wet. Let the good work good h a m e ses,etc. C heap. W rite to u s.8
Mrs. M ary B allard of V ancouver night. Considering the disadvan go on. Y our last issue is a good
S chool T e a c h e r.—A gentlem an w ith
th ir ty y ears' ex p erien ce in th e school
donated a fine volume of Josephus’ tages against which they labored, one.
room , who holds a te a c h e r’s sta te certifi
D r . L. S. S toll .
complete works to our library. It the program was good. Tonight it
cate, would like em ploym ent as teacher.
is C aptain K lein’s turn. The Y. P.
Tench vocal and in stru m e n ta l m usic. 9
is an excellent gift.
Club Rales.
S. S. C. promises to he very in te r
S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .- S e c u la r is ts who
Mrs. E lla Burch and fam ily,
are
th o ro u g h ly in te reste d in th e cause
esting this winter.
talk of moving to Silverton. Miss
The W eekly Oregonian is the are w anted to h e lp build u p a Secular
m m u n ity near S ilverton, Oregon. It
Agnes and her brother Clay will
The good people of W agner, Or., best new spaper published in the co
is th o u g h t best th a t each m em ber of the
atten d the U niversity.
sent in $3.50 for the shingle fund Pacific Northw est. The subscrip co m m u n ity own a little hom e of h is or
h e r own, which can very easily be o b
Mr A. A. Brown of O ntario, Ore this week. This makes $5.00 re tion price is $1.50 per year. We tain e d . W rite to us.
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will
give
it,
together
with
the
Torch
ceived
since
last
issue.
We
will
gon, is visiting Liberal friends in
R e a l E s ta te fo r S ale. — 80 acres,
Silverton. His son is atten d in g soon he able to report enough on of Reason, for the exceedingly low house an d b a rn , good o rch ard , ail fenc
hand to roof the U niversity, hut price of $1.75.
You will get two ed , 8 m iles from S ilverton, n e ar school,
th e Liberal U niversity.
the building ought to he up before papers for a little more th an the 35 acres im proved, _ on m ain road. Price 5
W. H. Gates sent in a dollar to the roof is put on. D on’t forget * price of one.
T w enty a c re s ; 15 acres im proved, all
fenced, good sp rin g , IL, m iles from Sil
buy nails, with the instructions to the lum ber fund. As soon as we
v erto n . Price $700.
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clinch them well. T hat is the kind can pay for the lum ber we will put
One
hunilred
and
six
ty
a
cres;
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Are you aocquainted with the
acres cleared, 4 m iles from S ilverton.
of clinchers we like to get.
it into the building.
m erits of the F orstner auger hit?
P rice $300.
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