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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , N OV EM BER 3, 1898.
To Raise Five Thousand Dollars
Next spring will see a big change
for the University.
in Silverton. Be one of the first to
Hustler in Pontiac.
In fo rm atio n
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E ditor T orch of R eason :
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select an acre.
I have been going to write to the •
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w Secularist«,
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I P. C. Mosier, will give »50
r “'° ne"'
and a good
Torch of Reason for sowc tim e, for [ s THERK Ax YTHIXli Y0L7 ^ Y,
V 7 M Lou Ames will give.. 50 program at the Y. P. S. S. C. last
I th in k it is th e host b re d I,ought
If so, make your wants known toes.
A Friend will give....................... 50 F riday evening.
paper in the world. I am alm ost and we will try and su p p ly them. If
D. Buckingham will give........... 50
Let us add a n o t h e r n a m e to the d is c o u r a g e d w ith the F reethinkers wh at we do for you is w orth n o th in g to
A. Slam aii, M. D., will g iv e ... 50
you, we will ex p ect no pay. C ast your
R. C. B urtis will give............... 50 Five Thousand D ollar fund. W hose ; of Pointiac. They are glad to read eve over the list, an d th en w rite to us.
A Friend will give..................... 50 narne wj|i jt be?
my papers, but not one of them will Read o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress,
IN FO R M A TIO N B C R E AU,
C. F. Ames will give...................50
spend
a
nickel
to
help
the
cause
Box
100.
S ilverton , O re .
P. Rauch will give.....................50
Ju st two years ago we issued the
along. I buy hooks to give away
I). Bolton will give..................... 50 first num ber of the Torch of Reas- and lend to people.
M e r c h a n d i s e .— A buyer w anted for a
large
retail business in th e city of Sil-
H arry Fricker will give............. 50 OI). «We still live.”
W ell, I must help you build th a t terto n .
E. Stewart will g iv e ................... 50
A Friend will g i v e ....................... 50
1 he shingle fund has two dollars I niversitv, for it is a w orthy cause
u s e k e e p e r.— W an ted , by a widow
ar.d »he only institution of the kind er, H a o lady
as h o u sek eep er; one who u n
Mr. Hjerm stad,
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added to it this week. C an’t you in the world. I see you are m ov
d erstan d s the care of ch ild ren and w ants
Friend from \\ aldo Hills *
make it more next week?
ing slowly but surely.
If it was a a p e rm a n en t hom e. None but a Liberal
H. Allen will g i v e ......................50
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church, where lies would be preach need ap p ly .
L. E. F uller will g iv e................ 50
Our job work d ep artm en t ha* ed to the people, it would have
2 0 M e n W a n t e d . — I f you are a Secu
F. Wilkinson will give............... 50 grown so th a t we have to employ been built long ago. Enclosed find larist
and have $500 to invest it will pay
J . E. Brooks will & give................ 50
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w rite to th e In fo rm atio n B ureau.
... another printer. Now ict the work five d o llars— <»ne dollar to renew
Ju liu s F ish e r................................oO
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In w ritin g sta te y o u r age, fam ily if anv,
Adolf Wolf & S o n ........................ 50 come in and we wl11 show You h(,w my paper, and one dollar for the occupation and views in regard to relig
paper one year to be sent to Fred ion.
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J. K. Buff.......................................50 we do printing.
Longnecker; the other three dol
B. A. L eo n ard ............................ 50
N othing can he lost by signing lars you m ay use to help pay for
A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell th e
F o rstn e r A uger B it.
Money can lie
A F ree th in k er..........................■ 2() the Secular home contract, for it the lum ber or w hatever you may m ade. Send 60c for sam ple, o r $2.60
choose.
for full set packed in n eat box.
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W arren C arsner will give......... 50
n°t hold good until nineteen
I send you a few nam es of peo
8 0 a c re s .—A bout four m iles from Sil
J. L. Barnhouse will give.......... 50 others have signed the same, and as
ple. None of them take a paper verton ; sm all, u n fin ish ed h ouse; ab o u t
John Madden will p a y ............... 50 soon as we have the tw enty it will that I know of, but they are glad 5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tte r see It. 11
Alex.
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Af
v H ardie
r a will
... ‘ p a y ................. 50 i,_
he a Q great success and j a good j in-
to read my books. I am an out
W h o W ish es to I n v e s t? —104 acres of
Mrs. E. J. Sm ith will g i v e ___ 50
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spoken A theist and a worker for as good bottom land as th ere is in the
Cal Geer will give....................... 50 ve8tnoent*
Freethought. Y our friend,
sta te of W ash in g to n . W as offered $10,-
H . C. Edwards will g iv e........... 50
The play to be given by Silver-
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for naked land 12 years ago. Sixteen
J ohn S. H olman .
provided th a t
ton borne talen t is entitled “ The
cows, 9 heifers, 3 horses, wagon, h a rn e ss
l5Llf*C£lU
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more men (or women) Cuban Spy”. Our elocution teach-
V I V I
wil1 *ive the sam e er, Miss Wolf, will take the p art of
the seventy?“
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" ' her<!
E linor«, the spy. It will probably
W HEN HUNGRY
be the best dram a ever rendered in
Silverton.
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Dr. F. S. M atteson, of Turner,
N E W S AND NOTES.
Ore., has sent us a large goshawk
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finely m ounted. This is a valuable
addition to our collection, and it
Notice our new ads. this week.
makes us very anxious to get into
7« dropped to 69; keep it going our new building where we can
down the line.
have a good museum.
We have over fifty bushels of fine
Lum ber Fund.
fruit th a t we have gathered from
To raise $1000 im m ediately:
Liberal U niversity Farm this year. Previously acknow ledged...............’$571.95
I his will be relished next W inter. 1). B u ck in g h am ................................ 30.00
J o h n S . H o lm a n ..............................
I he blank contract on page 5 contains an error,
copy.
3.00
go to th e
Silverton
R estau ran t....
N E A R T H E B R ID G E ,
AND B E ........................
W e ll Fed a t a
S m a ll Price!
Below is a corrected
K eep Y o u r
T w e n ty Forerunners.
TO B U ILD SECULAR HOME.
Signed
F o r S a le .—A fine little house in S il
verto n , w ith one acre of lan d , for onlv
$285. “ F irst com e, first serv ed .”
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F o r S a le o r T ’-ad e.—A farm , ab o u t 30
miles so u th of The D alles, 320 acres, in
good school d istric t of ab o u t 100 schol
ars ; county road crossing Cascade m o u n
tain s, daily m ail, s h o rt d istan ce to saw
mill and flouring m ill, tw o stores, b lack
sm ith shop, free wood and an u n lim ited
m ou n tain ran g e ; box house 16x22 w ith
kitch en an d woodshed added, good
brick fireplace, ivotli up an d d ow nstairs
ceiled w ith m atched lu m b e r ; post barn
20x32; 3 m iles of good fen ce, 120 acres
in c u ltiv atio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready f< r
plow. The ow ner holds deed from’ gov-
e rn m e t. Price $2000. W ould trad e for a
place in Silverton of equal or less value.
The price of th e place is based on its
m oney-m aking cap acity , an d it is now
paying a good incom e. ’ We will in v e sti
gate an y offer m ade.
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F o r S a le .— A fine litte hom e in Silver-
to n — 1 .j-acre; apples, p ru n es, rasplier-
ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n e at little house,
p ain ted an d p a p e re d ; good sidew alk.
Price, $450.
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On d e m a n d , we th e u n d e r sig n e d p ro m ise to pa y th e L ib
e r a l U n iv ersity C om pany F iv e H u n d r e d D o lla r s ($50Ch
fo r a n d m co n sid era tio n o f a good a n d su fficie n t w a rra n
ty d eed fo r one acre o f th e tr a c t o f la n d ly in g west o f th e
Ul beral L m v e r sity a n d th e c ity of S ilv e r to n .M a r io n C oun
ty , Oregon. know n as S e c u la r H om e, a n d a w r itte n p ro m
ise fr o m sa id com pany th a t w ith in n in e ty d a y s a fte r r e
ceip t of s a id F ive H u n d r e d D o lla r s [$500J s a id com p an y
w ill com m ence th e erection o f a d w e llin g h o u se on s a id
cost ri()f less th a n F o u r H u n d r e d D o lla r s [ $4iX)j , sa id
b u ild in g to he b u ilt on such p la n s as th e s a id p a r tie s m ay
agree upon a n d to he fin is h e d w it h in s i x m o n th s fr o m
d ute of beginn ing: P r o v id e d th a t not less th a n tw en ty
relia b le persons have sig n ed th is
co n tra ct w hen s a id
d em a n d is m ade.
S ig n e d ........................
PETER RAUCH.
es, plows, harrow s, d airy and u ten sils, 9
hogs, 6 pigs, 60 to 65 tons hay, hav b a il
er, good boat, tid e w ater a t door, 2 h o u s
es, 2 b arns, sp rin g w ater at both houses,
lo rrie s of all k in d s. O w ner h as m ilked
35 cows an d k ep t 21 head of young stocl ,
c u ttin g p len ty of hay from th is excellei t
d airy and stock ran c h , w hich h e now-
offers, w ith all stock, produce an d im
p rovem ents, for $5500. W rite to th e I n
form ation B ureau a t once.
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o n t h i s s p o t.
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The
New
Store
. W a n t e d — A buyer for a well eq u ip p ed
livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
good harneses,ecc. C heap. W rite to u s.8
S chool T e a c h e r .—A g en tlem an w ith
th irty y ears' experience in th e school
room , who 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 e c u la ris ts W a n te d .--S e c u la rists who
are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause
are w anted to h e lp build up a Secular
co m m u n ity n ear S ilv erto n , Oregon. It
is th o u g h t best th a t each m em b er of th e
c o m m u n ity own a little hom e of his or
h e r own, which can very easily be 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 an d b arn , good o rch ard , ail fenc
e d , 8 m iles from S ilverton, n e ar school,
If you wish to become one of the T wenty F orerunners , cut out
35 acres im proved, on m ain road. P rice
or copy the above, sign it and forw ard with answers to the following:
$800.
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T w enty a c r e s ; 15 acres im p ro v ed , all
Four N a m e........................................
fenced, good sp rin g , lb , m iles from Sil
n . P rice $700.
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F a m ily ..........................................................................
Coolidge’s Brick, Opposite Bank, v erto
One h u n d red an d six ty a cres; 12
acres cleared, 4 m iles from S ilverton.
Bel igious B e lie f .............................................................................................
SILVERTON, OREGON.
< Price $300.
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