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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-
000
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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