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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1900)
8 T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, S E P T E M B E R 6, E. M. 300 (1900.) will be careful to keep them selves will have its opening exercises on up to the m arriageable stan d ard in M onday following the convention. NEWS AND NOTES. m ind, tem per, health and grace of Questions as to fu rth er union, or- > O < X K X X > < X > < X X > < i< X X X X > < ',X X X X > < ’ < conduct and dregs. W hen husband ganization and propaganda will be Concluded from 6th page. »"<1 wife court and make a unani- proposed. It will be a most lively Don’t forget the O. S. S. U. Con- — m ous re-election of each other and interesting occasion. A ll peo vention, F rid ay , S atu rd ay and bottom rock or hard-pan, and its eVery year, and work and think so ple of Liberal sentim ents are cor- Sunday, Septem ber 28, 29 and 30. Hne of growth is upward and on- I as to be * -- worthy of it, ’ their happy * 1 dially invited. Those who can aid ward, till it finally forms a hollow Hays will be long in the land, and by contribution of m eans or by ta k Come! ball-float or head, held by a long, the country will he safer and better. ing p art in the program are respect fully requested to com m unicate with It is only a short tim e now be- follow , rope-like cartilage connect- the present officers. fore Monday, October 1st. We hope jng and holding it to its natal A Liberal Offer. T. B. W akeman , President, th at, as far as possible, all s tu d e n ts rocj(, perhaps tw enty to a hundred Silverton, Ore. A good friend of the L. U. O. has C lara B ailey , Secretary, will be on hand at 9 a. m. the first | ee^ below the surface. The float- offered to donate Two Thousand 91 N. 9th St., P o rtlan d , Ore. Hay. ing hollow ball or head puts out Dated A ugust 30, E. M. 300. D ollars in cash to our in stitu tio n if T his week the Silverton people leafy, slimy tentacle branches from other F reethinkers will raise it to have been treated to some of the five to tw enty feet long. T his gets The Ingersoll Chair. Five T housand. most beautiful sunsets im aginable. ^°°H from the flotsam and jet- Let us fill up the contribution ThiR is indeed the golden land of / a m . and doubtless plays its lo v e1 The am ounts subscribed an d paid box’ in for the Ingersoll C hair are set p ra n k s b e n e a th th e m oon. W h e n the setting sun. L ater — Mr. R. C. Burt is of M ich forth below. This sum is actu ally it gets the “ too big head,” the waves A th u n d er shower last evening j gej ^Q{) Inucb pUJl on it and break igan add3 one thousand d ollars to in the hands of our treasu rer to be freshened the th irsty W illam ette its foot off the rock, and it floats the above offer. At this rate we safely invested, the income only to be used. valley and dam pened the ardor of ashore. Then the boys get the will soon he able to go ahead with £ 8. E n g lan d 5 0 the hop-pickers. T hunder and long, dark thing ami {»lay stage- o u r b u ild in g . “ A frie n d w h o h e lp s ^ j r> George A nderson, 3 0 helps double.” M r. Alfred M arsh, lightning, even of a mild form, are whip with its long, lash-like te n quick ~ T M rs. E. H olyoake M arsh, 10 . till L ater . A friend in Silver- Robert A p p leg arth , 10 rare phenom ena in Silverton. dril, or excite wonder as to whether 1 0 ton offers fifty dollars on the above M r. J . M. Guns<>n, it m ight he a p lan t or an anim al. , , Mr. A rth u r G in to n , 1 0 The workers at the L. U. O. are plan. I he am ount already re- M r. Sidney G in to n , 1 0 now dancing lively to the music of It is one of the thousand curious ceived and acknowledged in the Mr. Jo h n L each, 1 0 2 0 the ham m er and the saw. A fine, freaks of protoplasm . We tried to C ontribution Box, goes to help Mr. T hos. Allsop, M r. W . H olyoake B yron S m ith 5 0 large stage is nearly completed in bring a «(nail specimen to the m ake up the balance of this fund, Miss P h ip ao n , 1 0 10 the Assembly H all, and all the L. U. O. M useum, but it either de which now lacks only $1514.10 of A. H . Dr. G. Sw orn, 1 0 cays in w ater or drys np on land; rooms are being rapidly finished. M rs. H olyoake S m ith , 1 0 being complete. C an’t we, by a so N eptune m ust rem ain its only M iss J u lia C. S m ith , 1 0 1 0 The basem ent wall of the successful exhibitor on his own special effort, reach this am ount M r. T. K. M udie, M r. A. S u m n er. 5 before Septe nber 1st? L. U. O.’s m ain building is being shore. M rs. Daniel B aker 1 0 L ater S till .— A friend in New 1 le rh e rt S p en cer. 2 0 completed by Mr. J . Von Viesko. The rising tide soon brings a 1 0 E ngland has sent us a draft for five M r. Ja s. W allace, S cotland. Mr. Viesko is one of the best w ork prettier hum an sight! Most of . $10.00 i i j . i L. P . M axam , M ich.............. men we ever met. He tu rn s solid the hotel life, young ami old, are hundred dollars, which now leaves | Geo. N. H ill, B oston, M ass. 5.00 50.00 E va Ingersoll Brown, N. Y. only 81014.10 to com plete the fund rock and cem ent into “ m iracles” of out in the m orning to learn what 10.00 Prof. D aniel T. Ames, Cal. beauty, and th at, too, without ask the wild waves have to say to them and give “ Luo” a big boost. W ho B enj. D uval, C ol................. 1.00 will be the next? ing any aid from the V irgin Mary of health ami joy, and perhaps > < > < X H X > 0 0 < H > < X X > 0 -0 -0 < X X > 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 O or her sm art son. what revelations they m ay m ake of Travels: Morning on the Pacific Shore: Baths, and Sights and Thoughts. - >O K X XX><X X>O <>O <X><><K>< i < X X X > < X > ( CJ and to each other. There is only surf or roller bathing. No one, as in the E ast, tries to get out beyond the rollers, or even his depth, to swim. This would be to tem pt death from the under-tow . B athers have become too wise for th at. They join hands, and in long rows or groups dance and prance and jum p to mount the incoming roller. Then, lifted high in its embrace, of the i they are borne inw ards until they I think tind them selves in shouting and Friends receiving sam ple copies of the Torch of Reason are invited to subscribe for the same. One dollar is a very low price for on eight-page jo u rn al, and we are very anxious to get all our friends ac quainted with our work and m ake other friends for the L. U. O. as fast as we can. “ Spread the joyful news wherever m an is found!’’ A well known friend L. U. 0 . writes as follows: good one. I have alw ays felt th a t F reethinkers should unite in some such ch aritable work for h u m an ity ’s sake, and not for a god’s sake.” Our friend also says th a t we may expect a money dona tion for this purpose soon. Shall we sta rt the fund? Can F ieethink- ers u n ite iu doing good? • O. S. S. U. Twelfth Annual Con vention. T O R A IS E $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . T h is is O u r B u ild in g F u n d C o n tr ib u tio n B o x . > ( X X X X X ) < X X X X ) - T ( X X X X X > 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0 ' The Tw elfth A nnual Convention of the Oregon State Secular Union will he held in Liberal H all, Sil verton, Ore., Septem ber 28, 29 and 30, E. M. 300 (1900). Much bus iness of im portance is to be tra n s acted and new officers elected. A very interesting program , with re ceptions, music, lectures and ball, is being prepared. The L. U. O. .... •”" d " """! liberal Previously a ck n o w le d g e d .. $428.90 G. L incoln, H a rtfo rd , C onn. 5.00 A. V anderpoel, Lodi, W is. . 1.00 M, M iller, S r., D ayton, O re. 1.00 < x > o < k x > o < x x >< x > o < x >< x >< x > o <> o - o < x > o university , oreqon . And so they have their rollick- souie play with old Neptune in such areas as they choose, and with none to see except the m erm aids beneath the waters, the gulls above— and themselves. And w hat they see of Fall term begins Monday, October i, E. M. 300 (A. D. 1900.) ea°h other is, well—a useful reve- la,io n ’ » ''« "tim e s, of both mind NEW BUILDING WILL BE READY. and form. People are m arried too Several moons ago the L. U. O.’s much, because not m arried rightly S tudents given board and rooms at the L. U. 0 . Dorm itory a t low rates carefully enough. h u n ter, H offm ann, chased enough and . in ighty _ .T n u ..i. . . . . . . T r . . . M . n y a m .r n e d couple m ight do COURSES. a “ G iasticutu8 T rem enjus” in the well to lay u up p th their e ir pennies p en n ies a n d K indergarten. Scientific. cool of the evening. This w onder have ever before them a bridal Norm al. P rim ary . ful anim al is second cousin to the lour, to be taken every year to Law. P reparatory. Irish banshee and an offshoot of the m ountains and sea. Let them be Commercial. Classical. for a bit of tim e “ off,” or away , house of the holy ghost. He was C ourses in M edicine, etc., will be added as soon as p racticab le. from each other, and then make up chased up a prune tree, captured, on these trip s with the old but re- and a picture of his gigautic skele- uewed revelations, worship, honey- T H E O N L Y IN S T IT U T IO N O F IT S K IN D IN T H E W O R L D . ton, which may be seen in the moon and joy. Let this become the Torch of Reason office, was pre- fashionable habit, and let our STRICTLY N0N-THE0L0GICAL. The tru n k of the prune j» 1 ’»«8 a,’j ',urn the d J vorce '» " p 9 served. . , r, 1 and go along to see how it works, For Catalogues and further particu lars, address: tree was also saved and used as h — who t |u ,9 re-m arrv them - a8 u Those a sceptre by the king of the Belves every year will be proof J. E. HOSMER, President; or PEARL W. GEER, Secretary, printers’ devils. against divorce lawyers, for they SILVERTON, OREGON. S IL V E R T O N , O R E G O N . C O -E D U C A T IO N A U .