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K s X-A-A-A H IE TORCH OE REASON, SILV ERTO N , OREGON, JU N E 22, 1599. his his own death as calm ly as of any event th at was soon expected, NEWS AND NOTES. and his only hopes and fears were ><HXHX><><X><KHX><X><><><><> O O O O O O for his m other and other loved The business m anager is expect I ones whom he was so soon to leave. ed home from the E ast soon. Many students expect to come ^<HX><XXXX><XX><)<><X><X>O<XX><><><> D on’t listen to those who wish to destroy our constructive work, hut watch your chance to help us make it a success. they will surely get to heaven, u n less St. Peter proves to l>e a Roman I Catholic. : Mrs. Hosm er contracted the m um ps on her way home and was f 8 THERE A NYTHING YOU WA N T ? 1 If so , m a k e y o u r w a n ts k n o w n to u s , obliged t<> abandon her bicycle for a n d 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 t h i n g t o again next year and bring others a livery team and railroad. 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 with them. They are all anxious The O. S. S. U. paid M. P. and ' e y e o v e r th e lis t, a n d th e n w rite to u s . to know if the new building will be J. E. Hosm er $25 for their lectures R e a d o u r a d . o n p a g e 6 . A d d r e s s , ready, and we hope to rej>ort fav at the convention. This money IN F O R M A T IO N B U R E A U , will be used to help the Torch Box 100. S il v e r t o n , O r e . orably next week. L. Rauch and Chas. Page a r blaze. Our Secular prayers have been answered. Colonel Robert G. Inger soll has recognized our work and rived in Silverton Saturday and helped us financially. Mrs. Hosmer and her oldest (the The O. S. S. U. elected an able editor) came Sunday night. They set of officers, and we hope much had a very successful and pleasant good work m ay be accomplished trip through the land of sage and bunch-grass. during the eoming year. F rank Forw ard, a former stu d ent of the Liberal University and a well-known young Liberal, of Lib eral parents, died last week a t the home of his m other in Silverton. F ran k died as he lived, in fear of no gods nor devils. He talked of Information . . . - ^ — Bureau In the absence of the University forces, Silverton has had a religious revival. The C am pbellites have “ gathered in ” several children and two or three full-grown men and women. I f these purified lambs learn to keep down their doubts H. C. Page returned from his eastern trip last week. He brought Mr. and Mrs. D. King with him and reports th at other Secularists will follow. Remember, if you send us the nam es and addresses of 25 of your Liberal friends and acquaint- ancces, we will m ake you a present of a copy of the Torch of Reason Song Book No. 1. 'ib is will only cost you a few m in u tes’ work and a two-cent stam p. $ 3 0 0 0 . — T h r e e lo ts a n d b u d d in g s , c o n s is tin g of a - 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 in 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 f a r m o f 36 a c r e s , g o o d a l f a l f a l a n d , a n d f r u i t f a r m o f SO 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 h 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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I c o n s o m e h o g s w ill l>e s o h i v e r y c h e a p fo r g r a tu la te yon on n o t n a m in g th e u se o f a n y p o iso n , c a sh . A d d re ss th e In fo rm a tio n B u re a u . neatly bound in cloth with gold letters and will b u t a d h e rin g s tr ic tly to th e use o f ito n -p o iso n o u s re m edies— th e on e tru e p rin c ip le th a t sh o u ld g u id e all Silverton, Ore. 13 be sent bv mail or express prepaid to any address tr e a tm e n t o f d ise ase , a n d w hich 1 h a v e ad v o c ated In my p ra c tic e fo r fo rty y e a rs o r m o re. Agents w anted. T e a c h e r . — A g e n t l e m a n , 40 y e a r s of * 7 OUr9 trU>y- PR. W H POOR a g e . r e s i d i n g i n M i s s o u r i , d e s i r e s to Q n p r i n l f lt f f i» « - Bv " I * ™ 1 » r r » n i « ', n e n t v J I IV I • w it h I ) r . G r e e r , w e o f f e r m o v e t o O r e g o n if h e c a n g e t a p o s i t i o n a s P h y s ic ia n in th e H o u s e an(i T o rc h of R e a s o n one y e a r f o r $ 3 .0 0 , th e p ric e o f th e book a lo n e . I Address, TORCH OF REASON. t e a c h e r o r f in d s o m e c o n g e n i a l w o r k . H e h a s e x c e lle n t re c o m m e n d a tio n s an d h a s h a d v e r y s u c c e s s f u l e x p e r i e n c e in ttie sch o o l ro o m . . 19