T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON. MARCH 23, 1899.
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ly necessary th in g is a beet-sugar
CORRESPONDENCE.
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Tell the “ Inform ation B ureau ’
A Silvertonian Abroad.
th a t I have a good school, and am
more th a n pleased with the posi­
E ditor T orch of R eason .
tion it secured for me.
On March 21st th ere will be com ­
J. K. B uff .
Hebo, Ore.
menced a debate between the Rev.
R. Y. Blalock, of th e B aptist
church, and Mr. W . B utt, Sr., a
Spiritualist, a t t h e Hebo school
house. Mr. B utt is an ex-m inister
and knows the Bible “ by h e a rt”.
There are five poiuts of contro­
versy, as follows:
1. The holy scripture as given in
Hebrew and Greek is t h e infallible
word of God.
2. Man is a fallen being and in
himself to tally depraved.
3. The only redem ption for fal­
len man is through th e atonem ent
made by God through Jesus C hrist.
4. The dead will be resurrected
and appear before C hrist, an d the
wicked will go into eternal p u n ish ­
ment and the ju st into eternal jov.
5. The devil is a personal being.
I shall atten d an d report to the
Torch readers the result as near as
may be. I have heard Mr. Blalock.
He is quite Liberal for a B aptist
m inister.
I am w ithin two miles of the
mighty Pacific.
The ro ar of its
thunderous waves are heard during
school hours.
As the irresistible
force of its m ountain billows rush
in against the rocks, the ja r of the
ground m ay be felt.
The rock is
the headland of Cape K aiw anda
and rises perpendicularly on three
sides to a height of a thousand feet
or more. W h a t a sight in a storm!
I am here a t a tim e to observe the
combined effect of equinoctial
storms and spring tides. S tan d in g
behind a cluster of spruce trees th a t
are half buried by the drifting
white sand, real sheets of w ater are
torn from the breakers and hurled
upon us a t a distance of nearly a
mile. B ut nothing short of a rock-
sm ashing tornado could drive me
from my point of observation on
the hill. At times when l a m told
th at some one made the ocean, I a l­
most believe it; but when told th a t
some one m ade it “be still' real
quick in a storm , I ca n ’t believe it
at all.
The valley of the Nestucca and
its trib u taries will be one of the
richest dairy districts in the w orld.
The clim atic conditions are perfect
in every respect. W ith the thous­
ands of acres of meadow and pas­
ture lands aud the healthful con­
ditions lor cattle, there is a near
and bright future for this section.
Some experim ents have been made
in the sugar beet in d u stry . The
analysis a t C orvallis shows 94 per
cent, of juice to 100 pounds of
beets; and of the whole hundred
pounds 19 per cent, is real sugar.
The beets were grown on the farm
of G. M. L andingham . Also his
trial proves th a t more th an $100
The Goal in Education.
Do you ta k e th e
T orch of Reason?
L adies’ Bazar!
......A Fine Line of......
It is only One D ollar a Y ear, and
co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can Millinery, Ladies’ and Children’s
not get elsew here for th ree tim es the
m oney. It com es every week, too.
Goods, Notions of All Kinds.
Do you ta k e th e
W e e k ly Oregonian?
Dressm aking, Tailoring, Dyeing, Cleaning
It is published at P o rtlan d , orc.,
* and Repairing.
and co n tain s m ore an d b e tter infor­
m ation in regard to th e Pacific
N orthw est th a n any o th e r p ap er.an d
is th e l>est news p ap er in Oregon.
O LD H A TS M A D E NEW .
You get six teen pages of good read ­
ing m a tte r each week, including all
th e news of th e n atio n and the ¡
world, for only $1.50 a year.
Produce Taken in Exchange.
It takes m ore than the ad m ix ­
ture of a little physical science in
a school curriculum to m ake, in a
wide sense, the education th a t is
required for life. W hat is further W ill you a c c e p t
required is a proper adjustm ent of
A Good O ffer?
C h ild ers &, S m ith
the m ind tow ard life w ith its va­
For th e n ex t six ty days, you can I
W ater S treet,
ried activities and infinite possibil­
get The Torch of Reason and T he I
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ities of good and evil. W hen we
only $1.50, the price of th e Oregon­
see men ot fine literary gifts grow­
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ian alone. T his is only a lim ited SIL V E R T O N
offer. You should tak e advantage
ing more cynical as they advance
of it a t once.
in years, and treatin g the world to
. . . . Forstners’s . . . .
stronger and stronger doses of pes­ Send all orders for su b scrip tio n s a n d for
sam pl copies to
simism in their w ritings, we are
T2/4? TORCH OF R E A SO N ,
com pelled to believe th a t th eir ad­
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ju stm en t to life m ust have been
IS INVALCABE TO
wrong. W hen we see men of sci­
C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
ence who year by year seem to have
such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak es th e
place of chisel an d gouge ; to
less and less in common with th eir
AND
C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid work, dow-
fellow creatures, and whose studies
eiling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and
only develop on the intellectual
knots. In fact, no
side an ever increasing passion for M a in S t r e e t
S ilv e r to n , O re
W a g o n o r P a t te r n M a k e r m an u fa ctu r­
er of pianos, organs, sewing m achines,
the infinitely m inute and the vast­
ag ricu ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash; blinds,
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ly u n im p o rtan t, and on the m oral
fu rn itu re , nor
side a m orbid sensitiveness to all
A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, should I»«
w ith o u t it.
kinds of personal questions, we find
School
it difficult to th in k that they were
AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED.
properly oriented at the start.
S u p p lie s ,
It is th e only round bit in th e world
It m ay not be given to every one
th a t will bore a SQUA RE H O LE
Books
and
and do all th a t any o th er
to “ see life steadily and to see it
hit will do.
whole” ; but it ought to be possible
S ta tio n e ry .
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with an eye of calm , to leran t and
sym pathetic contem plation.
No Dealers in Fruits, Vegetables
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education is com plete th a t leaves
and Confectionery.
out such knowledge of th e world
S il v e r t o n , O r e g o n .
and of the relation which the in d i­
vidual sustains to it, a» shall at
least tend to give a rig h t purpose
and direction to the individual
life.
Life has its burdens, but it is not
vanity; and the norm al action of
O ur Spring Goods are Arriving Daily.
hum an beings on one another
should be to give to each separate
A BIG LINE OF
existence a higher value and d e e p ­
er sources of happiness.— [P opular
• • •
Science.
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G IN G H A M S AT 5c.
But Which Church?
O U TIN G FLA N N E L AT 5c.
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A dispatch from Tokio says:
T h e s e bargains soon pass aw ay,
“ The Jap an ese governm ent is
but bigger ones follow !
considering the wholesale C hris­
tianizing of J a p a n , m aking C hris­
tia n ity the official religion. The Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Samples Sent Free
on - Application.
reason alleged is the belief th a t the
move would aid Jap an ese pro­
D R E Y E R & C R A IG ^ ^ _
SILVERTON. OREGON.
gress.”
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PRODUCE TAKEN
We believe so, too, but would like
to know which of the C hristian
churches will lie chosen — Catholic, O ur Job D e p a rtm e n t
ALWAYS gives
Episcopal, P resbyterian, L utheran,
Baptist, M ethodist, E vangelical,
C hristian, G erm an L utheran, Dun-
kard, U niversalist, etc., etc., etc.,or
BECAUSE IT GIVES
will it leave an open door for them
all, ju st as the governm ent should? HONEST STOCK, FINEST INK AND EXCELLENT WORKHANSHIP
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