T H E TORCH
of
REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON, FEBRU ARY 23, IMI».
Q
late period, can quit th e filthy hab
tobacco,
and
I
have
used
it
for
a
t
M onday, February 27th, is the
it, and th a t even now be could be
least fifty years. I do not say this
beginning of the spring term in the
come a more logical th in k er and a
boastingly, for I am asham ed of it,
N E W S AND NOTES.
Liberal U niversity. We have the
but I believe in telling the tru th , if better w riter th a n be is. 1 his ter
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assurance of several new students,
the devil.
I rible curse has rob’ned our very best
E xam ination» in the U niversity and our school promises to be very it does sham e
thinkers of th eir best thought and
have tried m any tim es to quit, hut
interesting the balance of the year.
again this week.
could not. Now, Mr. Exchange, sent m any, as it «lid G eneral G rant,
The Univesity boys play ball
The B ernhard W alther Concert you will perhaps sav: “ O, yes! you, to an untim ely grave.
Let us be so ch a rita b le as to love
Company consists of th e following or any other m an, can stop, if he
these beautiful, sunny days.
B ernhard \V alth er at Liberal hall, specialists: M adame W alther, Eng has a mind to,” but I will say,that if our fellow men too well to rem ain
lish b a lla d iit; B ernhard W alther, you have not the h ab it and m ade silent on such an im portant sub
F riday and S aturday evenings.
ject for fear th a t some of our friends
Belgian violin soloist; H arry W.
The president of the U niversity F ay, com m edian; Ada J. Cosgrove, the tria l, you know no more about it
th an the preachers do about heaven m ight feel insulted. E d .
has given up his proposed solicit
vocalist, im personator and dancer, and hell,God and the devil. They are
ing trip, and will remain in the
and Miss Eschelm ann. This is a trying to teach the people some
school the rest of the school year.
strong com pany and should be well thing they know nothing about
A covey of eleven beautiful Mon patronized.
them selves.
golian pheasants was seen on the
P hilip M arquam , who wrote the
I will adm it th a t m any have, and
U niversity grounds one day this Bible of Civilization, has been ju d g
m any can, quit; some of them after TS TH ER E ANYTHING YOU WANT?
week, w ithin fifty y ards o fth e Uni
ed insane and is now in the asylum using it as long as I have, but th at
If so, m ake y o u r w ants know n to us,
versity building.
a t Salem. W e published his bibles is no proof th a t all can. A m an and we will try and supply th e m . If
We hope every friend of the cause for him, and we dare say his writ who has been bitten by a venom w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to
vou, we will e x p ec t no pay. C ast your
will read and use the supplem ent ings are as sensible and his ideas as ous reptile can be cured if he has eye over th e list, an d th en w rite to us.
ad. on page 6. A ddress,
we p rin t th is week. We cannot well founded as are those of Moses an antidote in time and of suffi Read our
IN FO R M A T IO N B U R E A U ,
overestim ate its im portance. It is His m anner of building Paradise is cient strength to overb »lance the Box 100.
S ilverton , O r e .
sent out because of a great em er in advance of the one contem plated poison, b u t if the an tid o te is not
H o u s e k e e p e r .— W an ted , by a w idow
er,
a ladv as h o u se k ee p er; one who u n
gency.
in the skies. We wish the Chris strong enough the poison is fatal.
d e rsta n d s th e care of ch ild ren and w ants
The only antidote for the cure of a p e rm a n en t hom e. None b u t a Liberal
We feel very sorry th a t it has tia n s would read his bible.
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the tobacco habit th at I know of is need ap p ly .
been necessary to postpone our Y .
2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a Secu
will power, and any one who has
P. S. S. C. meetings so much of late,
la rist and have $500 to invest it will pay
Tobacco, Insult, Charity.
not enough of th a t power can not you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n B ureau.
but if each subscriber does as our
q u it and should he pitied rath er In w riting sta te y o u r age, fam ily if an y ,
supplem ent suggests, we will have a
occupation and views in regard to re lig
E ditor T orch of R eason :
th a n censured. Let us never insult ion.
hall of our own next year.
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I find in the Torch of F ebruary
nor
kick
a
brother
of
the
hum
an
A g e n ts .— A gents w anted to sell th e
The Inform ation Bureau is doing 16th an article, taken from an ex
family
l»ecau»e
he
is
down,
but
give
E
o
rstn er A uger B it.
M oney can l>e
good work. I t succeeded in secur change, on the use of tobacco.
m
ade.
Send
60c
for
sam
ple, o r $2.60
ing a good school for Prof. J. K W hile agreeing with the exchange him our sym pathy and try to edu or full set packed in neat box.
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cate
the
youth
to
avoid
th
e
block
Buff last week, and a t present it th a t the use of tobacco in anv form
8 0 a c r e s .—A bout four m iles from Sil
th
at
so
m
any
of
our
best
th
in
k
in
g
verton
; sm all, u n fin ish ed h o u se; ab o u t
has im p o rtan t real estate deals on is a filthy, disgusting and injurious
5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tter see It.
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men
and
women
have
stum
bled
th e docket. Patronize the Bureau. habit, yet I think such an article
over.
No nice m an uses tobacco,
F o r S a le .—A tin»* little house in Sil
The ed ito r’s m other and two sis should not be placed in th e col but m any good men do.
verto
one acre of lan d , for only
So let us $285. n , “ w F ith
irs
t
com e, first se rv ed .”
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ters with their families ta lk o fm o v um ns of as good a paper as the not insult them by saying there is
ing to Silverton. T heir home is in Torch, because it is an in su lt to hardly a more disgusting spectacle
F o r S a le o r T»-ade.—A farm , aliout 30
m
iles
south of T he D alles, 320 acres, in
W isconsin, where it is too cold in m any of the very best thinkers.
th an a man w ith a d irty pipe stuck good school d istric t of ab o u t 100 schol
The exchange says a tobacco
the w inter and too hot in the sum
in his m outh.
I will add th a t ars ; county road crossing Cascade m o u n
m er, especially when such a de smoker cannot be expected to do your article is as disgusting to ta in s, d aily m ail, sh o rt d istan ce to saw
mill and flouring m ill, tw o sto res, b lack
lightful clim ate m ay be found in much thinking. Now, I would like m any good th in k ers as the man sm ith shop, free wood and an u n lim ited
m o u n tain ra n g e ; box house 16x22 w ith
to call its attention to the fact th a t
Oregon.
with the d irty pipe stuck in his k itch en and woodshed ad d ed , good
a m ajority of the best thinkers of
brick fireplace, both u p and dow n sta irs
The B ernhard W alth er Concert
m outh is to you.
ceiled
w ith m atch ed lu m b er ; p o st b arn
C om pany will return to Silverton the past and present were and are
20x32;
3 m iles of good fence, 120 acres
Please pardon my criticism of
inveterate
tobacco
users
in
some
in
c
u
ltiv
a tio n , ab o u t 50 m ore ready for
th is week, and their many adm irers
your
article.
No
offense
is
m
eant.
plow.
T
he o w n er holds deed from gov-
will be pleased to have the oppor form—m ostly smokers.
e
m
m
e
t.
$2000. V\ ould tra d e for a
Do you think G ran t could have Let us be charitable, for ch a rity place in S Price
ilverton
of equal or less value.
tu n ity of enjoying tw'O more of their
covers
a
m
ultitude
of
sins.
T
he
price
of
th
e
place is based on its
high class program s, to be given a t been the great general and states
C.
R.
C
ook .
m oney-m aking cap acity , and it is now
m an th a t he was if he had not done
paying a good incom e. W e will in v e s ti
Liberal hall, F rid ay and S aturday
M
cM
innville,
Ore.
much thinking? How about the
gate any offer m ade.
-
evenings, under the auspices of the
m ajority of our best arm y officers
F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver-
U nited A rtisans.
and thousands of others, both of
to n — «-¿-acre; apples, p ru n es, ra s p b e r
B rother Cook may feel assured ries, c h erries, p e a rs; n e at little house,
F. W. H ubbard of Colorado sent the dead and living, who m ight he
in the nam es of seven new sub m entioned? Now, I don’t say their th a t we have ch arity for our m any p ain ted and p a p e re d ; good sidew alk.
Price, $450.
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scribers to the Torch this week, and intellect was any better for having friends who, like him self, have
W a n te d —A b u y er for a well eq u ip p ed
in a private letter inform s us th a t the habit. On the contrary, I be caught the filthy tobacco disease,
livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
he likes the Torch more than ever lieve it would have been still better but his idea o f the article m ention good h a rn e se s,e tc . C h eap . W rite to us.8
and cannot th in k of doing w ithout if they had never contracted the ed being as disgusting to m any
S c h o o l T e a c h e r .— A g e n tlem a n w ith
it. We hope other of our subscrib
th
in
k
ers
as
the
m
an
with
the
d
irty
th
ir
ty y e a rs’ ex p erien ce in th e school
habit.
room
, who holds a te a c h e r’s sta te c ertifi
ers will lose no tim e in sending in
No, I do not wish to encourage pipe is to ub needs a little ex p la n a cate, would like em p lo y m en t as teach er.
new subscriptions.
the use of anything injurious. I tion. H e seems to th in k we are Teach vocal an d in stru m e n ta l m usic. 9
right. Now, should we w ithhold
S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .- S e c u la r is ts who
Mr. A. J. S hrum , an Oregon pio would advise all who have not con
the tru th because it m ay be d is g u s t-, are th o ro u g h ly in terested in th e cause
neer of ’46, is visiting in Silverton. tracted the babit, to shun it as they
w anted to h e lp build u p a Secular
ing to those who are guilty of dis are
would
a
contagious
disease.
I
be
co
m
m
u n ity n e a r S ilv erto n , O regon. I t
H e has not been in this p art of the
obeying
its
law’s?
And
in
his
c
rit
is
th
o
u
g h t best th a t each m em b er of th e
state for twenty-six years, and he lieve it to be contagious to a cer
I c o m m u n ity ow n a little hom e of his or
icism M r Cook has done th e very h e r ow n, w hich can very easily be o b
comes from his home in C rook tain degree. Who ever knew a ci
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thing lie criticises us for doing; ta in e d . W rite to us.
county, where he is known as Jack gar m aker who did not smoke? If
th a t is, he says th a t “ the use of to
R e a l E s t a t e fo r S ale. — 80 acres,
Shrum , the rancher and stock ra is the habit is indulged in longenough
house
a n d b a rn , good o rch a rd , all fenc
bacco in any form is a d irty , filthy,
ed , 8 m iles from S ilverton, n e a r school,
er, to renew his acquaintance with it will liecome a disease incurable.
disgusting and injurious h a b it” . If 35 acres im p ro v ed , on m ain road. Price
his old friends in the W illam ette For a disease it certainly is, as soon
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it was wrong for us to p rin t those $800.
T w enty a c re s ; 15 seres im proved, all
valley. He expects to rem ain in as the first poisonous dose is taken,
words from an exchange, is it not fenced, good sp rin g ,
m iles from S il
our city and vicinity several weeks, and 1 believe it to be to a certain
v
e
rto
n
.
P
rice
$700.
wrong for B rother Cook to write an
and would like to meet with all the extent hereditary.
1 One h u n d re d an d six ty a c re s; 12
'a rtic le containing them ? We be- acres c le are d , 6 m iles from S ilverton
I
can’t
remember
the
tim
e
when
old pioneers who came across the
P rice $300.
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my father and m other did not use ’ lieve B rother Cook, even at this
plaius in the early days.
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Bureau
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