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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-
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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
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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
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or her sm art son.
what revelations they m ay m ake of
Travels: Morning on the Pacific
Shore: Baths, and Sights
and Thoughts.
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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 .
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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
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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»
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a,’j
',urn
the
d
J
vorce
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p
9
served.
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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 .