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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1899)
8 $507-30 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ERTO N , OREGON, MARCH 30, 1899. The Liberal U niversity has had a steady growth from the first day 's work to the present. It has come to stay. H elp it on! The above am ount is what we | Under the able m anagem ent of owe on the lum ber for the Lilieral U niversity. W e have given our the president, Mr. Lym an Leonard, notes for the am ount and our cred the Y. P. S. S. C. is flourishing itors, Adolf Wolf Son and L. C aptain Ames’ program last F riday Ames, have agreed to accept pay evening was excellent. ments in any am ounts. W hatever Jesu s’ Plan Forsaken. sum s are received from this date will be prom ptly endorsed on these E ditor T orch o f R eason : notes. The am ounts will be a n You will find enclosed money nounced in the Torch each week. order for one dollar and fifty cents. We want to put the lum ber into tbe The fifty cents is to extend mv sub building as soon as it is paid for scription to the Torch and the dol and we earnestly hope the tim e w ill lar is to put where it will do the not be long. Spring is upon us, most good. I have been pinching and we should spring at our work to pay a hundred-and-flfty-dollar at once. C an’t we liquidate this m ortgage on our little place. It is debt in th irty days? Then the lum now paid and I hope to be able to ber will belong to the U niversity do a little forourcause. I took the and we can put it into the building advice of Jesus, when I was young, and be ready for the fall term of to take no thought for the morrow, school. Do not delay. and I came out the sam e as lie did — the son of a gun had not where O <XKXKX>0<X><X><X)-a<><XX><><>-0-<XX> C to lay his head. The birds build | N EW S AND NOTES. > their nests and the foxes dig their i<XXXX>O<XXW <X)CH>(X><X)(XX><M >O? holes, but our heavenly fa th e r’* The new apparatus for the elec trie bell works nicely. LOCALS. H o p t w i n e l l b j c a t F . M c C l a i n e ’s s t o r e . R e r n e m l x ir o u r c l u b b i n g r a t e w i t h t h e O r e g o n ia n o n l y la s ts fo r a lim ite d tim e . R id e a C r e s c e n t w h e e l , t h e l<est w h e e l m a rk e t. F o r s a le by r. M c C l a i n e , W . H . S n y d e r , m ’g ’r. J u s t r e c e iv e d a f u ll l i n e o f e x t r a s f o r a ll c h i l l e d p l o w s — s h a r e s , l a n d s i d e s a n d n io n ld lio a rd s to f it t h e O l i v e r a ls o . F. M c C la in e . A ll k i n d s o f g r a s s s e e d a n d a f u ll l in e o f b e e s u p p l i e s o n h a n d a t M c C l a i n e ’s s to re , S ilv e r to n , O re . W o o d w o r k e r s , d o n ’t f o r g e t t o s e n d a n o rd er B its. fo r a s e t o f th e F o r s tn e r A u g e r P r i c e . $ 2 .6 0 b y m a i l . S e e a d . B u g g ie s , b u g g ie s , b u g g ie s ! Y es, I h a v e t h e l a t e s t s t y l e s f o r 1899, a n d a ll d ire c t f ro m tb e fa c to ry . P ric e s lo w e r th a n e v e r fo r a f ir s t- c la s s jo b . F o r s a le b y F . M c C l a i n e , W . I I . S n y d e r , m ’g ’r . G i v e y o u r o r d e r s fo r T S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G Y O U W A N T ? 1 R e a d o u r o f f e r o n p a g e 7. f o r $35 o n t h e In fo rm â t ion Bureau M c C o rm ic k h a r v e s t e r s n o w a n d g e t t b e b e s t p r ic e s . O v e r 1 8 9 ,760 s o ld l a s t y e a r . F .M c C l a i n e , a g e n t, W . I I. S n y d e r, s a le s m a n . E v e r y b o d y i n v i t e d t o c a ll a n d s e e t h e n e w ’9 9 C r e s c e n t w h e e l s , t h e n e a t e s t o n th e b each . F o r s a le a t t h e C r e s c e n t a g e n c y , F . M c C l a i n e ’s . W . H . S n y d e r , m a n a g e r. L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity . The traveling rings in the gym nasium are much used these days M asqurade talk is heard on ev ery hand. Somebody will he April fooled. The latest addition to our m use um is a piece of the famous C h ar ter Oak. W rite us a letter. You ca n ’t help along the work in any belter way perhaps. Get five cash subscribers to the Torch and we will pay you $1.25 for your work. Try! and If so , m a k e y o u r w a n ts k n o w n t o u s , w e w ill t r y a n d s u p p l y t h e m . I f w h a t w e d o f o r y o u is w o r t h n o th in g to y o u , w e w ill e x p e c t n o p a y . C a s t y o u r I e y e o v e r t h e l i s t , a n d t h e n w r i t e to u s . R e a d o u r a d . o n ¡»age 6 . IN F O R M A T IO N B o x 100. A d d re ss, BUREAU, S il v e r t o n , O r e . $ 3 0 0 0 . — T h r e e l o ts a n d b u i l d i n g s , c o n s i s t i n g o f a 2 .^ - s t o r y h o t e l , a s a lo o n b u ild in g , a b la c k s m ith s h o p , tw o d w e ll i n g h o u s e s a n d a b a r n , s i t u a t e d in O s w e go, O re g o n . W o u ld t r a d e fo r o th e r p ro p e rty . 15 D a i r y a n d F r u i t F a r m s . — A d a iry fa rm of 36 a c re s , g o o d a lf a lf a la n d , a n d f r u i t f a r m o f 80 a c r e s , 10 a c r e s g r a p e s , 2 a c re s p e a c h e s a n d o th e r fru it, good b o u se a n d b a rn s a n d o th e r o u tb u ild in g s . A ll s i t u a t e d in S a n D ie g o c o u n t y , C a lif . 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Page, Mrs. Hosm er’s t a i n s , d a ily m a il, s h o r t d is ta n c e to s a w T h e a b o v e c u t w ill g iv e o u r r e a d e r s a f a i n t i d e a o f w’h a t o u r w o r k is a t t h e p r e s father, started for D urand, W iscon e n t t i m e . T h e s t r u c t u r e in t h e f o r e g r o u n d is t h e s t o n e b a s e m e n t a n d f r a m e w o r k m il l a n d f l o u r i n g m i l l , t w o s t o r e s , b l a c k s m ith s h o p , fre e w ood a n d a n u n lim ite d sin, one day this week. W. E. o f t h e f i r s t s t o r y of t h e L i b e r a l U n i v e r s i t y b u i l d i n g . T h i s b u i l d i n g w h e n c o m p l e t m o u n t a i n r a n g e ; b o x b o u s e 1 0 x 2 2 w i t h e d w ill h e 7 0 x 9 0 f e e t I n f r o n t o f t h e b u i l d i n g is s o m e o f t h e l u m b e r , w h i l e m o s t Page, his brother.of Tillamook,Ore., o f it is in tin - r e a r a n d d o e s n o t s h o w in t h e p i c t u r e T h e w h i t e b u i l d i n g is i n t e n d k i t c h e n a n d w o o d s h e d a d d e d , g o o d b r ic k f i r e p l a c e , b o t h u p a n d d o w n s t a i r s met him at P ortland and accom e d f o r a d i n i n g h a l l , b u t is n o w u s e d f o r s c h o o l p u r p o s e s . T h e b u i l d i n g w i t h o u t a c e il e d w i t h m a t c h e d l u m b e r ; p o s t b a r n ro o f is t h e g y m n a s i u m , w h i c h is n o w c o m p l e t e d s o a s t o a f f o r d t h e s t u d e n t s g o o d panied him. These two Pages are o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r e x e r c i s e a n d p h y s i c a l c u l t u r e . T h e p i c t u r e is o n l y h a l f t h e s iz e 2 0 x 3 2 ; 3 m i l e s o f g o o d fe n « -e , 120 a c r e s in c u l t i v a t i o n , a b o u t 5 0 m o r e r e a d y f o r whole chapters as far as Free- o r d e r e d , b u t w e g i v e i t t o o u r r e a d e r s , t h a t t h e y m a y h a v e s o m e ¡»lea o f w h a t ¡»low . T h e o w n e r h o l d s d e e d f ro m g o v w e a r e d o i n g a n d a ls o w h a t w e i n t e n d t o »I»». e r n m e t. P r ic e $2000. W o u ld t r a d e fo r a thought is concerned, and will say 1 ¡»lace in S i l v e r t o n o f e q u a l o r le s s v a l u e . m any good words for our cause and T h e p r i c e o f t h e p l a c e is b a s e d o n i t s Do you want to take the W eekly m o n e v - m a k i n g c a p a c i t y , a n d i t is now- houses are built by carpenters and for our state during their visit. O regonian? You can get it of us p a v i n g a g o o d i n c o m e . 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W r ite to u s .8 S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .-- S e c u la r is ts w h o a re th o r o u g h ly in te r e s te d in th e c a u se a re w a n te d to h e lp b u ild u p a S e c u la r c o m m u n ity n e a r S ilv e rto n , O re g o n . I t ' is t h o u g h t b e s t t h a t e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e C o m m u n ity o w n a little h o m e of h is o r h e r o w n , w h ic h c a n v er y e a s il y b e o b ta in e d . W r ite to u s . 10 R e a l E s t a t e f o r S a le . — 80 a c re s , h o u s e a n d b a m , g o o d o r c h a r d , a ll f e n c e d , 8 m ile s fro m S ilv e r to n , n e a r s c h o o l, 35 a c r e s i m p r o v e d , o n m a i n r o a d . P r i c e $890. 5 T w e n t y a c r e s ; 15 a c r e s i m p r o v e d , a ll f e n c e d , g»xx1 s p r i n g , I L m i l e s f r o m S i l v e rto n . Pri«*e $ 7 0 0 . 6 O ne h u n d re d a n d s ix ty a c re s ; 12 c re s c le a re d , 6 m ile s fro m S ilv e rto n P r ic e $300. 7