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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1899)
t h e TORCH of REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, APRIL 13, 1899. 8 < x x >< x x >< k x ><>< x >< x x ><><><> o < x ><><> o Inform ation Bureau Dr. L. 8. Stoll sent ua a small, l it t l e points . but noted, book last week. It is^a Catholic protest against Protestant ism, called Plain Talk, and is very Priestcraft has done more harm 8 T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU W ANT? The above amount ia what we interesting to the student of re- and shed more blood than witch If so, m ak e y o u r w an ts know n to us, an d we will try an d su p p ly th e m . If owed on the lumber last week. iiejonri craft. w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to $6.25 ha been paid on the above Fruit trees are blossoming 'and One of the most immoral things you, we will e x p ect no pay. C ast your amount, which still leaves they announce the coming of spring, in the world is hypocrisy, and the eye over th e lis t, an d th e n w rite to us. Read o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress, EE* but Still we have occasional showers Christian churches are full of it. IN F O R M A T IO N B U R E A U , / i C1 * a,,d inuch snow is in 8ight 011 the When Christian nations fight Box 100. S ilverton , O r e . ■ X bigh peaks of the Cascade moun against each other they always call $ 3 0 0 0 . —T h ree lots an d buildings, tains. on their gods to help kill 4 he other co n sistin g of a 2 ^ - s to r y hotel, a saloon b u ild in g , a b lack sm ith shop, tw o d well 1 Captains Ames and Geer each fellows. God is love. n e w s and notes . ing houses and a b a rn , situ ated in ( swe- have one more program at the A . No hell is hotter than the one _ go, O regon. W ould tra d e for o th e r 5<xx><><x><><xxx>oo<xxxx>o<xxx><> 1P. 8. 8. C. this term. The pro caused by ignorance and super- property gram given by Captain Geer’s side Don’t fail to see “Pat.” stition, S im o n , a and n u these inc.-t- are the founda-, ----------- D a ir y a n d F r u i t F a r m s .—A d airv Charles Page entered the Liberal Sunday evening scored a large lion of all supernatural religious, farm £ 3 « ^ , number of points and was quite University this week. peaches an d o th e r fru it, good Anything which causes ignor acres entertaining. house an d b a rn s and o th e r o u tb u ild in g s. The comedy, “Pat,” at Liberal ance and superstition is as bad as All situ a te d in San Diego c o u n ty , C a lif . \\ e forgot to mention last ¡week they are. Stimulants and nar W ill sell c h eap or tra d e for a stock Hall, Saturday evening, April 22d, 16 that ¡Aubray Wolfard, one of our cotics rob men of their power of farm . will be well worth seeing. former students, accompanied Dick T o T r a d e .—T w enty-tw o acre fru it Y o u will now find our private free thought. farm , 8 m iles so u th of Salem , O r e .; 4 Barnuouse to his home in Eastern office on the ground floor opposite It’s a pity the devil was cast out acres b earin g o rch a rd , m ostly w in ter Oregon, where he expects to work ap p les, 2 acres stra w b e rrie s, new wire Liberal Hall. Call and see us. the coming summer. Both of these of heaven in the celestial war. He fence, good bouse and b a rn , p len ty of Mr. Joseph Rich, of Rainier, boys hope to be in attendance at is not wanted down; here to p a stu re , e x ce llen t w ater, and tim b er enough for wood. W ould like to tra d e tor Ore., has canvassed among his Lib the Liberal University next year. tempt the good Christian people, . - . a larg er place. L eral neighbors and sends us $2.75 who might otherwise wdo what is Prof. J. H. St. Lawrence gave H o u s e k e e p e r.— \ \ a n te d , by a w idow for the lumber fund this week. light. e r, a ladv as h o u se k e e p e r; one w ho u n some very interesting lectures on d e rsta e care of ch ild ren and w an ts The Liberal University will give phrenology at Liberal Hall last Secularism is for peace, hut ; a p e rm n a d n s e th n t hom e. None b u t a L ib eial an entertainment at Liberal Hall week. The professor is quite en Christianity is for war. Jesus said, need ap p ly . _ _ _ _ _ 14 on the evening of May 5th. It tertaining and is a pronounced “Think not that I am come to ser d 2 0 M en W a n te d .— If you are a S ecu la rist an d have $500 to in v est it will pay promises to be quite interesting. Liberal. His “mind-reading” is peace on Garth: I came not to send you to w rite to th e In fo rm atio n B u reau . A descriptive catalogue of all the quite interesting, and puzzling as peace, hut a sword.” Matt. 10:34. In w ritin g s ta te y o u r age, fam ily if an y , and view s in reg ard to re lig best Freethought works free on ap well, and be gives his tudiences to “And there was war in heaven.” occupation ion. _____ 12 plication to Dellquest & Andrews, understand that there is nothing to Rev. 12:7. “And; there fell down A g e n ts .— A gents w an ted to sell th e Secular Booksellers, El Paso, lexas. it but a trick, yet some people are many slain, because the war was of F o rstn e r A uger B it. M oney can be God.” 1 Chron. 5:22. m ade. Send 60c for sam p le, or $2.60 We have enlarged our printing so anxious to be humbugged that for full set packed in n e a t box. 13 they shake their heads and say LOCALS. office and hired another compositor, 8 0 a c r e s .—A bout four m iles from S il so that our facilities for printing there is something supernatural or verton ; sm all, u n fin ish ed h o u s e ; ab o u t are better than ever. Send in your phenomenal about mind-reading W oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send an 5 acres cleared ; $600. B e tte r see It.___ 11 o rd er for a set of th e F o rstn e r A uger F o r S a le .— A fine l i t t l e house in S i l and slate-writing. job work. B its. P rice, $2.60 by m ail. See ad. v erto n , w ith one acre of lan d , for only 4 In the preparatory department Money to p aten t good jd e a s m ay be $285. “ F irs t com e, first se rv ed .” We are glad to see the large figures at the top of this page call of the University the students secured by o u r aid. A ddress T he I at - F o r S a le o r T»-ade.—A farm , a b o u t 30 m iles so u th of T h e D alles, 320 acres, in for a less amount. Let it decrease have been writing their spelling ent R ecord , B altim ore, Md. good school d is tric t of ab o u t 100 schol .. « _x - .1 'PI ... — 1 A r. as fast as possible, so that we can lessons for months. I hey write R em em ber our clubbing rate w ith th e ars ; county road crossing C ascade m o u n soon say the lumber is all paid for. the word, give the accent, diacriti O regonian only lasts for a lim ited tim e. ta in s, d aily m ail, s h o rt d istan c e to saw m ill an d flouring m ill, tw o stores, b lack Read o u r otter on page 7. sm ith shop, free wood and an u n lim ited Mr. James Officer showed his in cal markings, the part of speech We are paying top prices for m ohair m o u n tain ra n g e ; l>ox house 16x22 w ith and place each word in a sentence. terest in the Liberal I niversity by k itch en an d woodshed added, good D reyer & C raig, Silverton. brick fireplace, b o th u p an d d o w n stairs raising $31.25 when he returned to This has been very good work, but ceiled w ith m atch ed lu m b e r; post b arn during the closing weeks of the his home. He has attended the 20x32; 3 m iles of good fen ce, 120 acres Lumber Fund. in c u ltiv a tio n , a b o u t 50 m ore ready for Liberal University, knows what it school they will, for a change, spell orally in the following manner: ........ $3.50 plow. T he o w n er holds deed from gov- is and is not ashamed to solicit for J, Mul Ulv............ ..............50 e rn m e t. P rice $2000. W ould tra d e for a The word will be pronounced by ducrpii^ ................................. place in S ilverton of equal or less value. it. the teacher and No. 1 will spell. W . I. D ietz.................... .......................... 25 The price of th e place is based on its Mr. C. W. Wheeler delivered a Whether the word is spelled cor ...................... 25 m oney -m ak in g cap acity , an d it is now paying a good incom e. W e will in v e s ti lecture on \\ oodcraft to a large rectly or not, the teacher will pro gate an y offer m ade. L. K a r n ...................... audience at Liberal Hall last week. nounce the next word to the next, M. ............25 W \î »X • Porrv . . . v ▼ • X *- I » . . . . . F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver- ..................25 Mr. Wheeler 13 a good lecturer and and so on; but the student who to n —X -a c re ; apples, p ru n e s, rasplier- .................. 25 ries, ch erries, p e a rs; n e at little house, a splendid entertaiuer, and the notices a mistake spells the mis-', W. A. W ool ! .................... p ain ted an d p a p ered ] good sidew alk. T" Woodmen will do well to keep him spelled word instead of the one' D a iry F a r m . — 480 acres of deeded Price, $450. in the field. n pronounced r o n o iiiic e d a n u takes la a c n his m » place land, 80 acres in meadow and balance p r o n o u n c e d and anu » i , |#n(Jj p aatu rej e t,. A good W a n te d —A b u y er for a well equipped Our club rates with the Weekly above the one who missed it. i n e j stream of w ater ru n s th ro u g h th e farm livery stab le. Good horses, good buggies, Oregonian will be discontinued s student who receives the largest th e year ro u n d . Also 320 acres of tim - good h a rn e se s,e tc . C h eap . M rite to u s.8 tu u e n t w no n o r . e Jc u ltu re a„ d hom estead which can after May 9th. You can get the number of head marks gets a prize, proved upon for $200. Good house, S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .--S e c u la ris ts who two papers for the price of one if which will consist of little presents d airy w ith u ten sils for m ak in g cheese are th o ro u g h ly in te re ste d in th e cause WhlCDWiucon t ’ b u tte r, sm okehouse, blacksm ith are w anted to h e lp b u ild u p a Secular you send in your orders prior to the students and others bring tor tooiSj an d large, new b arn to co m m u n ity n e ar S ilv erto n , O regon. It t h e n u r n o s e . T h is is p r o v in g a hold 50 h ead of cows, 50 calves an d 100 is th o u g h t b est th a t each m em ber of the that date. Remember, $1.50 is all th e p u rp o se . i b I tons of hav. Good well a t house and c o m m u n ity own a litile hom e of h is or you u nave have to vo pay. verv interesting contest, and the banu This fine d iary farm is located in h e r ow n, w hich can very easily be o b ta in e d . W rite to us. 1* « ill nave have «m.evu.ug somethin« to At Liberal Hall, Saturday even- winner win - be “““ — — „ e7 finds Veady m ark e t _ A « • x _ — — 1 11 a/wm Li t n 1 HIT I by IV _ his cheese • i h butter xx at X V . R e a l E s t a t e fo r S a le . — 80 acres, aJ1 and high 1OI nil — ----- - • ing • » fS j April - 22d, you can witness one • proud of as well as something 111* fnr house an d b a rn , good o rch a rd , ail fern- p u ces, and and has has made m ade enough enough m oney at Unuhable comedies you which be he can remember all his pnees, money of the most laughable ed, 8 m iles from S ilv erto n , n e a r school, th e business so th a t he can afford to re 35 acres im p ro v ed , on m a in road. Price iver saw. Ir. addition a d d i t i o n to to the tne fellow fellow students. s tu d e n ts , ah m e n u » m are e in i u - Ure j j e wj8he8 to locate in Silverton ever All friends . , “ ioniedy, the program will consist of vited Io help make the prize worth ami educate b^ehHdren jnU.e Liberal $800. T w enty a c r e s ; 15 acres im p ro v ed , a i splendid music and beautiful tab- having. ___ $3000—o n e-h alf dow n an d balance on fenced, good sp rin g , 1H m iles from Sil v e rto n . P rice $700. ” - You You jh — ... . churches i___ i will _ : n be l - easy te r m s ; ’w also leaux by nine young ’ ladies. e ■ » p • » rotestant di b 130 ^ s head o î^ v e of r V c c attle h e a p and for One ogs will be sold very cn eap lor o n e -h iiu u n n u d red w. an d six ty a c re s ; 1 cash. Address th e In fo rm atio n B u reau , acres cleared , 6 m iles from S ilverton. cannot afford to miss this splendid as corrupt as the Catholic church if cash . Address th e In fo rm atio n B u reau , Silverton, Ore. 13 P rice $300. entertainment by home talent. * they live long enough. S ilverton. Ore. $497-3° 1 f l h o w C — 9 _ — a V çC C i