>7. 1899. 8 beginning to its close, and is the Ju n e num ber of the celebrated Lib- NEW S AND NOTES. eral classics. The price of each )C K X X X K ’<XXXX><'<XKXX>C<XXXX><; num ber is 50 cents, or th e whole An $8,000 farm in Colorado has Library (each num ber on different been added to the stock of the Lib- subjects, published m onthly), $3.00. eral University. Order of the Torch of Reason. _ Miss _ A nna ..................... — - c things „ One friend from a distance in- Cline is “ doing up brow n” in the culinary d e p a rt-¡f ire8 in regard to Silverton being m ent of the U niversity. a gof)d place for rheum atic people, Our business m anager has Marled and for the benefit of all our r i d e r s (Jur business m anager nac siaiieu home The last we heard from him we will say th a t there is nut lit l. he was in Cleveland Ohio rheum atism here. This is a very ' r ’ ' . healthful clim ate. A num ber of students are work- ing on the U niversity building to W e are far ahead of what w pay for their tuition and board were last year at this time. 1 he next year. lum ber is on the ground. Every- . one w ants to see the good work go There are eight or nine men at $1 of 8tocU is nearly work on the U niversity as we go to and the big tirabers are press, and others being engaged as being raised. I’p it goes! fast as possible. W hile Sam Jones and the other As soon as we have reached the preachers are telling the “ old, old $10,000 m ark, so as to incorporate, story,” the inventors, n atu ralists, we will publish the nam es of the farm ers, mechanics, teachers, m er stock-holders. chants, fisherm en, m iners, and other The death of R obert G. Ingersoll workers are giving the world some- is a hard blow to our cause, but we t h jng new and beneficial. m ust do all the more now th a t we . . 4 t , . , , We are in receipt of the latest will not have bis help. . , . T t - x i o . corrected m ap o f the United States, This is a very busy season of the and a dne book on the L ouisiana year, but we hope our friends will p urcb ase. T his fine present was not forget th a t we are building, be- 8en^ u8 by the H onorable Binger sides running our paper. T hink of H erm an, from W ashington, D. C. us; write to us and help along the Tbey wiu be of good value to our work all you can. school. J<XK><XXX><X><XX><X><><XX><X><><X>O Inform ation Bu reau The G reat W oodm an W eek in P o rtla n d . • • ----------- The Woodmen had three bands! of music, two belonging to P ortland T S T H E R E A N Y T H I N G Y O U W A N T ? and one from Silverton, Ore. W ith- 1 I f s o , m a k e y o u r w a n t s k n o w n t o u s , a n d w e w ill t r y a n d s u p p l y t h e m . If out detracting from the other music 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 t»’« is but P Bticc 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 »ay th at Silverton boasts of one of e y e o v e r t h e l i s t , a m i t h e n w r i t e t o u s . tbe best bands in the state. This R e a d o u r a d . o n p a g e 6 . A d d r e s s , I N E G R M A T P >N B U R E A U . band has been made fam ous by H om er D avenport, the great car- Box 100. S ilverton , O r e . - toomst, who was form erly a resi- $ 3 0 0 0 . — T h r e e l o ts a n d b u d d i n g s , d en t of Silverton. I t seems th a t c o n s i s t i n g o f a 2 ) ^ - 8 t o r y h o t e l , a s a lo o n th a t little city is productive of b i n u g i l h d o i n u g s , e s a a b n l d a c a k s b m a r i n t h , s s i t h u o a p t , e d t w in o d O w s w e l e l ta jent of th e first grade.— [The g o , O r e g o n . W o u ld t r a d e fo r o t h e r p ro p e rty . 15 p acific W oodm an. Silverton is the most Secular city in the U nited S tates.— E d . LOCALS. H a v e y o u “ C o m m o n S e n s e ” ? If n o t, a t o n c e f o r a f r e e c o p y o f t h i s l ib - 8end e ra l-m in d e d a d v o c a te of advanced th o u g h t. B rin g s h e a lth a n d su c ce ss. A d d r e s s , C o m m o n S e n s e , 55 S t a t e S t . , C h i c a g o , I II . 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 fo r a se t of th e F o rs tn e r A u g er B its. P r i c e , $ 2 .6 0 b y m a i l . See ad . D a ir 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 i n S a n D ie g o c o u n t y , C a l i f . W ill s e ll c h e a p o r t r a d e f o r a s t o c k farm . 16 T o T r a d e .— T w e n ty -tw o a c re fru it f a r m , S m ile s s o u th of S a le m , O r e . ; 4 a c re s lie a rin g o r c h a r d , m o s tly w in te r a p p le s , 2 a c re s s tr a w b e r r i e s , n e w w ire fe n c e , g o o d h o u s e a n d b a r n , p le n ty of p a s tu r e , e x c e lle n t w a te r, a n d tim b e r e n o u g h f o r w o o d . W o u ld l i k e t o t r a d e f o r a la r g e r p la c e . 17 M o n e y to p a t e n t g o o d id e a s m a y he s e c u re d by o u r a id . A d d r e s s T h e P at en t R ecord , B a ltim o re , M d . A g e n t s . — A g e n t s w a n t e d t o s e ll t h e F o r s tn e r A u g e r B it. M oney can be m ade. S e n d 6 0 c f o r s a m p l e , o r $ 2 .6 0 f o r f u ll s e t p a c k e d i n n e a t b o x . 13 L a d i e s w h o w is h c u t h a i r o r c o m b i n g s w o v e n in to s w itc h e s m a y le a v e t h e i r o r d e r s a t t h e T o r c h o f R e a s o n o ffic e . O r d e r s b y m a i l p r o m p t l y a t t e n d e d to . H o m e . — F i f t e e n a c r e s in S i l v e r t o n , o n S i l v e r c r e e k ; f in e , f i n i s h e d h o u s e , n e w b a in , n ic e ly fe n c e d , f r u it, w a te r p o w e r A g e n t s . — A g e n t s w a n t e d t o s e ll R i g h t L i v in g , a h o o k t h a t s h o u l d b e i n e v e r y hom e. S e n d $ 1 .0 0 f o r s a m p l e c o p y a n d te rm s to a g e n ts . F o r S a l e . — A f in e l i t t l e h o u s e i n S i l v e r to n , w ith o n e a c re of la n d , fo r o n ly $ 2 85. “ F i r s t c o m e , f i r s t s e r v e d . ” 4 The ham m ers and the saws com- T he girders which go under the F o r S a l e . — A f in e l i t t e h o m e i n S i l v e r - menced th eir music on the Univer- jarge h a ll of the U niversity build- t o n — J ^ -a c re ; a p p le s , p r u n e s , r a s p b e r A descriptive catalogue of all the sity last Thursday. \ \ e have jng are tim bers 16 inches thick, rie s , c h e r r ie s , p e a r s ; n e a t l it tl e h o u s e , nearly reached the $10,000 m ark, These girders rest on turned posts best F reethought works free on a p p a i n t e d a n d p a p e r e d ; g o o d s i d e w a l k . 3 and feel confident th a t we will get with caps 8 incbes by 16 inches, and plication to D ellquest & Andrews, Price, $450 . into the new building by Oct. 2. ' 5 feet long The whole Com m uni- Secular Booksellers, El Paso, Texas. F o r S a l e o r T r a d e f o r P r o p e r t y in o r W e are i r receipt of Canon of the cates with the ground. O ur fore- Bible, by Sam uel Davidson. T his | man says th a t it is better to be sure book was sent to us by th a t great than sorry. Liberal publisher, Peter Eckler, of R e m e m b e r o u r d u b b i n g r a te w ith th e New York City. The book is a O r e g o n ia n o n l y l a s t s f o r a l i m i t e d t i m e . dissertation on the Bible fiom its R e a d o u r o f f e r o n p a g e 7. n e a r S i l v e r t o n — 320 a c r e s n e a r D a y v i l l e , O r e ., o n b o th s id e s of J o h n D a y r i v e r ; S e c u la r is ts W a n te d .-- S e c u la r is ts w h o 8U a c re s m eadow ’ ; good h o u s e , b a rn , a r e t h o r o u g h l y i n t e r e s t e d in t h e c a u s e s h e d s , c e l l a r , e t c . ; e x c e l l e n t w a t e r , w e ll a re w a n te d to h e lp b u ild u p a S e c u la r a n d s p r i n g ; 200 h e a d h o r s e s , 100 h e a d c o m m u n ity n e a r S ilv e rto n , O re g o n . It c a t t l e , 24 s w a r m s lie e s , e t c . , e t c . ; o n e - is t h o u g h t lx is t t h a t e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e h a l f s e c tio n of sc h o o l la n d , w h ic h c a n c o m m u n ity o w n a little h o m e of h is o r e a s i l y h e o b t a i n e d , j o i n s t h e p l a c e . A ll h e r o w n , w h ic h c a n v e r y e a s il y b e o b f o r $ 8 5 00 o r g o o d t r a d e . 25 ta in e d . W rite to u s . 10 LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION. The capital stock of the Liberal U niversity C orporation will consist of 10,000 shares at ten dollars per share — a total of one hundred thousand dollars. Each stock-holder is entitled to vote the am ount of his stock at any o f the stock-holder’s meetings. No assessm ents will be levied. The money raised by selling stock will be used in constructing the U niversity buildings, purchasing ap p aratu s, and necessary lands, and carrying out the plan of the school. T hirteen trustees will be elected by the stock-holders each year; said trustees to have full control of the m anagem ent of the U niversity. The m oney received for tuition and the sale of scholarships is expected to he sufficient for carrying on the work of the School after it is once started. How many shares do ycu want? Fill out the following blank, and forward at once to Liberal 1 niversity, Silverton, Oregon; or, to T. B. W akem an, 93 N assau Street, New York City. Liberal U niversity Corporation. 1899. I hereby subscribe f o r .............. Liberal U niversity Corporation, shares of Stock, at Ten D ollars each, in the now form ing at Silverton, Oregon. Nam e Post office Street, or Post office Box T h e r ig h t is re s e rv e d to r e je c t a n y or a ll B id s State R e a l E s t a t e f o r S a l e . — 80 a c r e s , h o u s e a n d b a r n , 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 $800. 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 l l fen c e d , good s p rin g , m ile s fro m S il v e r to n . P r ic e $700. 6 O ne h u n d red a n d s ix ty a c re s; 12 a c re s c le a r e d , 6 m ile s fro m S ilv e r to n . P r ic e $300. 11 D a i r y F a r m . — 480 a c r e s o f d e e d e d l a n d , 80 a c r e s i n m e a d o w a n d b a l a n c e g ra in h a y la n d , p a s tu r e , e tc . A good s tre a m of w a te r ru n s th ro u g h th e fa rm t h e y e a r r o u n d . A ls o 320 a c r e s o f t i m b e r c u ltu r e a n d h o m e s te a d w h ic h c a n l>e p r o v e d u p o n f o r $2 0 0 . G o o d h o u s e , d a ir y w ith u te n s ils fo r m a k in g c h e e s e a n d b u tte r, sm o k e h o u se , b la c k s m ith s h o p a n d to o ls , a n d la r g e , n e w b a r n to h o l d 5 0 h e a d o f c o w s , 50 c a lv e s a n d 100 to n s of h a v . G o o d w e ll a t h o u s e a n d b a r n . T h i s f in e d i a r y f a r m is l o c a t e d in o n e o f t h e f i n e s t l i t t l e v a l l e y s in E a s t e r n O r e g o n . T h e o w n e r f in d s r e a d y m a r k e t f o r a ll h i s c h e e s e a n d b u t t e r a t h i g h p u c e s, am i h as m ade enough m oney a t th e b u s in e s s so t h a t h e c a n a ffo rd to r e tire . H e w is h e s to lo c a te in S ilv e r to n a n d e d u c a t e h i s c h i l d r e n in t h e L i b e r a l U n iv e rs ity . H e o f f e r s a ll t h i s f o r o n l y $3000— o n e - h a l f d o w n a n d b a l a n c e o n e a s y t e r m s ; a l s o 130 h e a d o f c a t t l e a n d s o m e h o g s w ill lie s o ld v e r y c h e a p f o r cash . A d d re ss th e In fo rm a tio n B u re a u , S ilv e rto n , O re . 13 T e a c h e r . — A g e n t l e m a n , 40 y e a r s o f a g e , r e s id in g in M is s o u r i, d e s ir e s to 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 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 a n 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 ♦ ho a n b tn n l