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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1899)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 31, 1899. 8 (X X X X X X K X X > < > 0 < K X > < K > 0 < X X X X > 0 N E W S AND NOTES. oooooo Who wants to dispose of a nice little pony? Answer at the Torch of Reason Office. Beautiful weather again, and the building of our Freethought school goes merrily on. There is another large delegation of Wisconsonites which will arrive in Silverton soon. Rain has delayed our work dur ing the past week but now the weather is delightful, and fifteen men make the Liberal University building grow. Freethinkers desiring to hold stock in the Liberal University Cor poration should send in their names at once, before the stock books are closed. Sign the blank on this page and send as directed. The editor’s mother and two sis ters, with their families, have ar rived in Silverton from Wisconsin since our last issue, and are well pleased with our country, and will make Silverton their home. Liberal Hall’s seating capacity ought to be crowded on Sunday ev ening, October 1, when Mr. Wake man delivers his first address to the students of the Liberal Univer sity and the citizens of Silverton. Miss Alice Davenport, sister of the cartoonist, Homer Davenport, has been employed as teacher of stenography and typewriting in the Liberal University. She is now busily engaged in our private office. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO We hope to have the roof on the University building before the next issue of the Torch reaches its read ers. Just as we go to press we learn of the wedding <>f the Freethought poetess, Miss Grace E. Gruber, of Brockton, Mass., to Mr. A. W. Dell- quest, formerly of El Paso, Texas. After a year or so spent in travel ing at home and abroad, Mr. and Mrs. Dellquest will make their home in Norfolk, Va. The Torch of Rea son extends hearty congratulations and predicts a prosperous and happy life for the two contracting parties. Inform ation Bureau paid the debt, not even asking the I organization for security. One of them afterward donated his half of • • the amount, but the other, l»eing old and nearly blind, and having T S T H E R E A N Y T H IN G YOU W ANT? already donated liberally of cash, £ If so, m ake y o u r w ants know n to us, could not afford to do so, ami as and we will try and su p p ly th em . If sert!», in a recently published state w hat we do for you is w orth n o th in g to you, we will ex{«ect no pay. C ast y o u r ment of the case, that he actually eye over th e list, and th e n w rite to us. needs the money to live on. But Read o u r ad. on page 6. A ddress, the now prosperous church refuses IN FO R M A TIO N B U R E A U , Box 100. S ii vf . r t o n , O r e . to pay—denies the debt, in fact. Of course, they owe nothing. Je $ 3 0 0 0 . —Th ree lots and b u d d in g s, sus paid it all! Nevertheless,simple co n sistin g of a 2J^-8tory hotel, a saloon u ild in g , a b lack sm ith shop, t w o d s e l l- honesty is worth more than all the b ing houses and a burn, situ ated in O sw e religion in the univere. go, O regon. W ould tra d e for o th e r p ro p erty . LOCALS. (X X X X X > C > < K X X X > (X X X X > O < K X K > < X )0 BOOK NO TIC ES. R em em ber o u r clu b b in g rate w ith th e O regonian only lasts for a lim ited tim e. X Read o u r offer oil page 7. OOOOOO OOOOOOCXXXXX) 0 0 -0 0 0 0 o ‘ No B eginning.” New B a rb e r Shop Next Door io Morley's. Prof. Thaddeus B. Wakeman will Daniel K. Tenney has a style of A . A. A R M S T R O N G , P R O P . lecture at Liberal Hall, Silverton, his own and when he writes an ar Shaving, 10c.; Hair Cutting 15c. Oregon, on Sunday, October 1st, ticle it is appreciated by all readers. the day before the opening of the His latest piece was published in a fall term of the Liberal University.: recent issue of the Freethought This will be an “inaugural ad-| Magazine and has been brought out dress,” and Prof. Wakeman will in a neat pamphlet w’th the above take for his text, “I come not to title. The price is only 10 cents. destroy but to fulfil.” ■ Send your orders to the Torch of Mrs. Bliven’s letter in the last is Reason. sue of the Torch seems to strike Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an manv of our readers favorably, “ Jesus Paid it A ll!” Invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. which is not at all surprising, for Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive The .Medford, Or., Methodist serial notice, without charge, in the her ideas along the educational line are very good indeed. We would church once got in a bad way and A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir like to have others of our readers was about to lose its building on a culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, |3 a year : four months, |L Sold by all newsdealers. send in their opiuions of the plan lumber bill. Two faithful brothers & Co.36’6™***“" New York outlined in Mrs. Bliven’s letter. stepped forward;borrowed $600 and MUNN Branch Office. 626 F 8t„ Washington. D. C. Scientific American. Liberili U niversity Corporation. ................................................................................ 1899. > hereby subscribe for shares of Stock, at Ten D ollars each, in the Liberal U niversity Corporation, n o w form ing at Silverton, Oregon. Nam e Post office D a iry a n d F r u i t F a r m s . —A dairy farm of 36 acres, good alfalfa land, and fru it farm of SO acres, 10 acres grapes, 2 acres peaches and o th e r fru it, good house an d b a rn s and 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 , C alif. W ill sell ch eap or trad e for a stock farm . 16 Have you “ Com m on S en se” ? If not, sen d at once for a free copy of th is lib e ra l-m in d e d advocate of advanced T o T r a d e .—T w en ty -tw o acre fruit th o u g h t. B rings h e a lth and success. farm , S m iles so u th of Salem , O r e .; 4 A ddress, Com m on Sense, T. R. 99, 56 acres b earin g o rch ard , m ostly w in ter a p p les, 2 acres straw b erries, new w ire S ta te S t., Chicago, III. fence, good house and b a rn , p len ty of W oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send an p a stu re , ex cellen t w ater, and tim b e r o rder for a se t of th e F o rstn e r A uger enough for wood. W ould lik e to tra d e for a larg er place. 17 Bits. P rice, $2.60 by m ail. See ad. We are indebted to Mr. W. H. Maple, of Chicago, for a copy of his book, “No Beginning,” an ex tract from which will be found on first page of this issue. Mr. Maple attacks the fundamental fallacy in Ladies who wish cu t h a ir o r com bings a vigorous manner, and no one cap I woven in to sw itches m ay leave th e ir able of following his close reason o rd ers a t th e Torch of Reason office. ing can read the book and continue O rders by m ail p ro m p tly a tte n d e d to. to believe in the Biblical “begin A g e n ts .—A gents w anted to sell R ight ning”. The logic of this work is Living, a book th a t sh o u ld he in every •h o m e. Scud $1.00 for sa m p le copy and conclusive, the manner of handling term s to agents. the subject is admirable, and it is a contribution to Freethought lit erature with which every Free R a ta b le persona of a m echanical or Inventive m ind thinker should make himself famil desiring a trip to the P a r i s E x p o s i ti o n , w ith good salary and expenses paid, should write iar. The price is, cloth binding, 75 T h e P A T E N T R E C O R D , B a lt im o r e , M d . cents. Send to this office. “The M aster’s riasterpiece.” 16 State Street, or Post office Box f"he r ig h t is re se rv ed to r e je c t a n y or a ll B id s A g e n ts .— A gents w an ted to sell th e F o rstn e r A uger Bit. M oney can lie m ade. Send 60c for sam ple, or $2.60 for full set packed in neat box. 13 H o m e .— Fifteen acres in S ilverton, on Silver creek ; fine, finished house, new h a m , nicelv fenced, fru it, w ater pow er —$3000. F o r S a le .—A fine little house in S il v erto n , w ith one acre of lan d , for only $285. “ F irs t com e, first se rv e d .” 4 F o r S a le .—A fine litte hom e in Silver- to n —J^-acre; apples, p ru n es, ra sp b e r ries, ch erries, p e a rs; neat little house, p ain ted and p a p e re d ; good sidew alk. P rice, $450. .3 F o r S a le o r T ra d e fo r P r o p e r ty in or near S ilv erto n —320 acres n ear Dayville. O re., on both sides of Jo h n D ay riv e r; 80 acres m eadow ; good house, b a rn , sheds, cellar, e tc .; excellent w ater, well and sp rin g ; 200 head horses, 100 head c a ttle , 24 sw arm s bees, etc., e tc .; one- half section of school lan d , w hich can easily he o b tain ed , joins th e place. All for $8500 or good trad e . 25 R e a l E s ta te fo r S a le . — 80 a c re s, house an d b a rn , good o rc h a rd , ail fenc ed, 8 m iles from S ilverton, n e ar school, 36 acres im proved, on m ain road. Price $800. 5 T w en ty a c re s ; 15 acres im p ro v ed , all fenced, good sp rin g , lb , m iles from S il v erto n . P rice $700. 6 One h u n d re d an d six ty a c re s; 12 acres cleared , 6 m iles from S ilv erto n . Price $300. 11 D a ir y F a r m . — 480 acres of deeded lan d , 80 acres in m eadow an d balance grain hay land, p a stu re , etc. A good stream of w ater ru n s th ro u g h th e farm th e y ear ro u n d . Also 320 acres of tim b e r c u ltu re and hom estead w hich can l>e proved u p on for $200. Good house, d a iry w ith u ten sils for m ak in g cheese an d b u tte r, sm okehouse, b lack sm ith sh o p and tools, and large, new b arn to hold 50 head of cows, 50 calves and 100 tons of h ay . Good well at house an d b a rn . T h is fine d iary farm is located in one of th e finest little valleys in E a ste rn O regon. T he ow ner finds ready m a rk e t for all h is cheese and b u tte r at high p u c e s, and h as m ade enough m oney at th e b u sin ess so th a t be can afford to re tire . H e w ishes to locate in S ilverton and ed u cate his ch ild ren in th e L iberal U n iv e rsity . H e offers all th is for only $3000—o n e-h alf dow n an d balance on easy te rm s ; also 130 head of c a ttle and som e hogs will be sold very ch eap for cash. A ddress th e In fo rm atio n B ureau. S ilv erto n , O re. 13 T e a c h e r .—A g en tlem an , 40 years of age, residing in M issouri, desires to move to Oregon if he can get a position as tea ch e r or find som e congenial work. H e has ex cellen t reco m m en d atio n s and has had very successful ex p erien ce in th e school room . 19