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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R '!O N , OREGON. A P R IL 6, l st l .
contributors ar»d the editor and
associate editor of the Free Thought
Ideal published at O ttaw a, Kas.,
E tta Semple and L aura Knox.
The above am ount ¡« what we
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C h ristian ity is false, for it is u n
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scientific.
If so, m ake y o u r w an ts know n to u s ,
Thou shouldst not suffer the and we will try and su p p ly th e m , if
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The A thletic hoys talk of m ak
ing a running track and bicycle
track, with base hall and foot ball
grounds enclosed. We need four
acres more ground.
E aster Sunday witnessed many
a poor creature robbed of his or
her hard earned pennies to send
ancient heathen literature across
the sea to the modern heathen.
On account of the rush of work
at home our popular student Mr.
P. R. Barnhouse, was obliged to
depart last Monday. We hope to
have Dick with us again next year.
The Torch of Reason press will
soon be run by water power. This
w'ill save much kicking on the
press and give us a better chance to
kick against the old superstitions
through the press.
A rush of work put us behind
this week, and to m ake it worse
our foreman, J. IL M orris was
taken sick. Excuse our tardiness
this tim e a r d we’ll try and not
have it happen again.
The A thletic Association m asque
rade ball was a grand success.
The following took prizes: Miss
Pearl Buff and Alice K ent, N uns;
<’has. Page, Clam; Louie Wolf,
Coffee pot; M. P. Hosm er, Mer
m aid.
The recently organized normal
school Y. M. C A. held a meeting
in the norm al chapel Sunday after
noon.—[Ex. The normal school
referred to in the above, which was
clipped from an Oregon exchange,
is the one at A shland which has re
ceived a large appropriation from
the state. Does not this prove
th at the state schools are sectarian?
P rayer, religious songs and C hristi
an lectures abound in nearly every
state school in our land. How
could they be more sectarian?
And yet J . I). Shaw of the Inde
pendent Pulpit c a n 't see any ne
cessity of establishing a Freethought
university
w h at we do for vou is w orth n o th in g to
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eye over th e list, an d th e n w rite to us.
ad. on page 6. A d d ress,
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do not, even though the ghosts be
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holy ones.
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W itch stories are not as profitable
of m odern books of science com pli
to the child-m ind as tru e stories.
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of our late editorials. We know Men and women are hilt children
grown tall.
Mis Leona McMillan entered the his kind words are genuine and
To see the unbelievers delight in
they make us happy. They coun-
U niversity last Monday.
teract the feelings produced by the everything im m oral is what would
We will be obliged to engage
dog-in-th«-m anger elenje’ t who can please most believers.
It helps
another printer on account of rush
see no good in an y th in g .
them prove th at C h ristian ity is
of work.
The following persons have sent in
D on’t forget to send 81.00 for
The sam e wonderful stories t h a t
R ight Living. It should be in the am ounts opposite their names in
answer to the Porch of Reason are told of .Jesus are also told of a
every home.
Supplem ent sent out some time ago;-] Hindoo god who was w orshipped
We have rented another room E. Stew art,
820.00 twelve hundred years before “ the
have
on the g r o u n d
f l o o r and
2.50 king of the Jew s” was born.
Bascom Glaze,
moved our business office down A. P. Snyder,
5.00
God and im m ortality are about
stairs.
1 ( 0 all there is left of th e old supersti
E Officer,
.50 tion in educated C hristian com
Some one with 82000 can more R. L. Oliver,
1.00 m unities; and they will go, for
th an double his money here in a J. C. Sm ith,
.25 there is no more sense in these
very short time, without a stroke A Friend
2.00 ideas th an in the personal devil
of work. W rite to us about it.
C. E. Glaze
All am ounts received as do n at
ions to the Liberal U niversity after
this date will be applied on the
lum ber debt unless otherwise or
dered.
Inform ation —
Bureau
and eternal d am nation notions.
A S o ld ie r’s L e tte r.
C oncluded from 5th page.
$ 3 0 0 0 . —T h ree lots and buddings,
co n sistin g of a 2 b j-story h o tel, a saloon
b u ild in g , a b lack sm ith sh o p , tw o d«veil
ing houses and a b arn , situ a te d in Oswe
go, O regon.
W ould tra d e for other
i p ro p erty .
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D a ir y a n d F r u it F a r m s . —A dairy
farm of 36 acres, good alfalfa lan d , and
fru it farm of 80 acres, 10 acres grap es, 2
acres peaches and o th e r fru it, good
house and b arn s ami o th e r o u tb u ild in g s.
All situ a te d in San Diego c o u n ty , Calif.
W'ill sell c h eap or tra d e for a steak
farm .
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T o T r a d e .—Twenty-1 wo acre fruit
farm , 8 m iles s o u th of S a le m , O r e .; 4
acres b earin g o rch ard , n e s tly w inter
a p p le s, 2 acres straw 1 v i r u s , i« v wire
fence, good house and l a in , , It nty of
p a stu re , e x ce llen t w ater, and t i i n l t r
enough for wood. W ould like to tra d e for
a larg e r plaee.
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H o u s e k e e p e r.— W a n te d , by a widow
e r, a lady as h o u se k ee p er; one who u n
d erstan d * th e cart* of cliildren and w ants
a p erm a n en t hom e. None hut a L iberal
need ap p ly .
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2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a Set u-
larist and have $500 to invest it will pay
you to w rite to the In fo rm atio n B uieati.
In w ritin g s ta te y o u r age. fam ily if any,
occupation am i views in regard to relig
ion.
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A g e n t s . — A gents w anted to sell th e
here for over 300 years, and of F o rstn e r A uger B it. M oney can be
course all intelligent people know m ade. Semi 60c for sam p le, o r $2.60
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what th a t m eans.
We need m is for full set packed in neat box.
sionaries here, blit not C hristian
8 0 a c r e s .—A bout four m iles from S il
ones. We need those who will verton ; sm all, u n fin ish ed b o u se; about
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leave dogm as out of ihe question 5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tte r see It.
F o r S a le .— A fine little bouse in Sil
and teach these people the a rts of
v
erto
one acre of lan d , for only
commerce, and the useful sciences. $285. n , “ w F ith
irst com e, first se rv e d .”
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T h e Islands are n atu rally prolific.
F o r S a le o r T»-ade. — A farm , ab o u t 30
There is only one way th a t these m iles
so u th of T he D alles, 320 acres, in
Islan d s can he made useful to the good school d istric t of a b o u t 100 schol
; county road crossing C ascade m o u n
U. S. and th a t is to banish or im ars
ta in s, d aily m ail, sh o rt d ista n c e to saw
prison all of the priests and estab mill am i flouring n u ll, tw o sto res, black
ith shop, free wood am i an u nlim ited
lish in d u strial schools. Then I sm
m o u n ta in ra n g e ; box house 16x22 w ith
honestly believe in 20 years time, k itch en and woodshed ad d ed , good
“ Right Living’’, by Susan H. the Islan d s would become useful to brick fireplace, both u p an d d o w n stairs
W ixon, is one of the best hooks for us. Bui un til this is done nothing ceiled with m atched lu m b e r ; post barn
20x32; 3 m iles of good fen ce, 120 acres
both J young
and
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c u ltiv a tio t, about 50 m ore ready for
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n e e d he expected from them . All in
plow.
T he o w n er holds deed from gov
been printed. It should be found the F ilipino priests are known to
e rn m et. P rice $2000. W ould tra d e for a
in every home and in every school. sow nothing but the seeds of d is plaee in S ilverton of equal or less value.
Send $1.00 to J. E. Hosmer and re content am ong the ignorant people. The price of th e place is based on its
m o n ey -m ak in g cap acity , and it is now
ceive postpaid a hook neatly bound
I am much interested in the Free- paying a good incom e. We w ill in v e sti
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in cloth, th a t contains m any ch ap thought cause, and hope to see it gate an y offer m ade.
ters
worth
m any
times the surm ount all obstacles.
F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver-
to n — ‘¿-acre; apples, p ru n es, ra s p b e r
price of the whole book.
As
J ames P. B a l e .
ries, ch erries, p e ars; n e a t little house,
we
have received the general
¡p a in te d and p a p e re d ; good sidew alk.
D a iry F a r m . — 480 acres of deeded Price, $450.
agency for this most excellent w o rk ,
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land, 80 acres in meadow am i balance
we are very anxious to s e c u re grain bay land, p a stu re , etc. A good
W a n te d —A buyer for a well equipped
agents in every city, town and stream of w ater ru n s th ro u g h th e farm livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies,
' th e year ro u n d . Also 320 acres of tim - good b arn e se s.e tc . C h eap . W rite to u s.8
s c h o o l d is tr ic t
It has b e en adopt- her c u ltu re and hom estead which can
ed in m any schools as a supple- I *e proved u p on for $200. Good house,
S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .--S e c u la ris ts w) <>
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m entary reader.
It contains in-
struction th a t is more necessary
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than arithm etic and geography.
Send $1.00 and write for term s to
a gents.
W ooilw orkers, d o n ’t forget to semi an
ci
The A pril num ber of the Free o rd er for a set of th e F o rstn er A uger
T hought M agazine has reached us, B its . P ric e , $2.l»0 by m a il. S ee a d .
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ladened with the thoughts thinkers
Remember our clubbing rate w ith th e
enjoy. Besides its able articles it Oregonian only lasts for a lim ited tim e.
contains the pictures of five of its Read our offer on page 7.
d a iry w ith u te n sils for m ak in g cheese are th o ro u g h ly in te re ste d in th e cause
an d b u tte r, sm okehouse, b lacksm ith are w anted to h e lp b u ild u p a Secular
ffhoP and to? 18’ a "d lar^e> new barn to c o m m u n ity n e ar S ilv erto n , O regon. It
bold 50 bead of cows, 50 calves and 100 is th o u g h t l>est th a t each m em b er of the
tons of b ay . Good well a t house and c o m m u n ity own a little hom e of h is or
b arn . T his fine d ia ry farm is located in h e r ow n, w hich can very easily be o h
one of the finest little valleys in E astern ta in e d . W rite to us.
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Oregon. T he ow ner finds ready m ark et
for all his cheese and b u tte r at high
R e a l E s t a t e fo r S a le . — 80 acres,
p u ces, and has m ade enough m oney at bouse am i b a rn , good o rc h a rd , ail fenc
th e business so th a t he can afford to re ed, 8 m iles from S ilv erto n , n e a r school,
tire.
He w ishes to locate in Silverton 35 acres im p ro v ed , on m ain ro ad . Price
and e d u cate h is ch ild ren in th e L ib eral $800.
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U n iv ersity . H e "offers all th is for only
T w enty a c re s ; 15 a cres im p ro v e d , ad
$3000—one-half dow n and balance on fenced, good sp rin g , l l 3 m iles from Sil*
easy te rm s ; also 130 head of c a ttle and v e rto n . Price $700.
som e hogs will l»e sold very ch eap for
One h u n d re d and s ix ty a c r e s ; 1
cash. A ddress th e In fo rm atio n B u reau . cres c le a re d , 6 m ile s fro n t S ilv erto
Silv rto n , O re.
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