Torch of reason., March 13, 1902, Page 8, Image 8

THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 13, E. M. 302 (1902.)
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H ave you rea d M a n g a sa ria n ’s L ib e ra 1
C a te ch ism ? O rd e r a copy from uh . S e n t
p o st paid for 50 c e n ts.
T he Y. P. S. S. C. voted to give a
p o u n d social on F rid a y ev en in g , M arch
28. It is b o u n d ‘ • • •» > h-a.-aut affair.
if you receive a sam ple copy of th is
issu e of th e T orch of R eason it is an
in v ita tio n fo r you to becom e one of o u r
re g u la r su b sc rib e rs.
S te re o sc o p ic views of th e L. U. O.
b u ild in g , an d of th e fro n t ste p s w ith
a g ro u p of s tu d e n ts and te a c h e rs, are
for sale a t th is olfice at 25 c e n ts each.
Now is th e tim e to renew for th e
T orch. P lease look at th e d a te w ith
th e a d d re ss on y o u r p a p e r an d see if
y o u r tim e has ex p ired . If So, please
re m e m b e r th a t th e T o rch is a n x io u s to
keep up its su b s c rip tio n list, b u t we
c a n ’t afford to send th e p a p er free.
T he F re e th o u g h t M agazine for M arch
is an e x c e lle n t n u m b er, if you are no t
a su b sc rib e r, please send to M r. If. L.
G reen, 213 E. In d ia n a St., C hicago, for
a sa m p le c o p y . T he s u b s b rip tio n p rice
is ordy SI p e r year. E very L ib eral
o ught to ta k e th e F re e th o u g h t M aga­
zine. We will send it w ith th e T orch
one y e a r fo r only $1.50
T he boys of th e P a rlia m e n ta ry Law
c la ss trie d th e ir h a n d s a t p o litic a l
“ w ire-p u llin g ” a t th e Y. P . S. S. C. la s t
F rid a y evening. T hey su rp rise d S id n ey
R ogers by e le c tin g him P re sid e n t w ith ­
o u t n o m in a tin g him . T hey ran him as
a “d a rk h o rse .” S id n ey will m ake a
good p re s id e n t. P ro fe sso rs D onahue
a n d Van T ru m p were ele cted c a p ­
ta in s fo r th e re m a in d e r of th e school
y e a r an d a w arm c o n te s t is a n tic ip a te d .
C ap t. V an T ru m p gives th e first p ro ­
g ram F rid a y evening, M arch 14.
Mr. G eer will s t a r t east in a s h o rt
tim e . H is ro u te will be via th e O. R. &
N . up th e C o lu m b ia riv er an d th ro u g h
E a s t O regon, an d via th e O. S. L. to
S a lt L ak e C ity . F ro m th e re he will go
via th e Rio G ra n d e ro a d s th ro u g h U tah
a n d C o lo rad o , th e n c e by th e Rock I s ­
lan d to K an sas C ity , C hicago, an d in te r ­
m ed ia te p o in ts. He will p ro b ab ly go
S o u th over th e Illin o is C e n tra l to New
O rlea u s a n d a cro ss th e G u lf to F lo rid a,
a n d wjU th e n likely go n o rth to W a sh ­
in g to n , New Y ork C ity , B oston, an d
B uffalo, r e tu r n in g to O regon via C h i­
cago a n d K an sas C ity . He hopes to
rea ch hom e by J u n e 1st a n d to know
by th a t tim e e x a c tly w hat c an be done
w ith th e L . U. O n e x t F a ll.
O tto v s . H e rm a n n W e tts te in .
H ere a re tw o W e tts te in s who e x a c tly
can cel each o th er. O tto , th e S c ie u tist,
a n d H e rm a n n , th e sp o o k -th e ist.
In
every re sp e c t th e se tw o b ro th e rs offset
each o th e r.
W henever th e T orch
th ro w s lig h t on H erm an n , so th a t he
has to r e tr e a t to the “ u ltim a te a to m ”
to find a hom e fo r his in fin ite sim a l
G od, th e n O tto w rites us to kuock th a t
“ a to m ” o u t a u d let B ro th e r fall in to
n o th in g n e ss w ith his G od. T h is we
m ay do as soon as v aca tio n gives tim e.
M eanw hile b o th are e x tin g u ish in g
each o th e r w eekly in th e B o sto n I n v e s ­
tig a to r, w hich seem s to en jo y fra e rn a l
a n n ih ila tio n , for th is rea so n . T he s im ­
ple e x iste n ce of th ese two b ro th e rs is
c o n c lu siv e of th e n o n -ex isten ce of any
G od w hatever.
F o r w hat in te llig e n t
Being w ould have been g u ilty of the
fo lly of c re a tin g th ese two sim p ly to
c an c el each o th e r —when th e sam e re ­
su lt w ould follow from c re a tin g n eith er?
As B ro th er O tto says: “ W hat fools
th ese m o rta ls be” who stru g g le to c re ­
a te new gods, w hich th e ir own ex isten ce
a t once disproves.
L A S T S P IK E D R IV E N .
L. L. O. S u s ta i n in g F u n d .
PREMIUMS.
We m ake any of th e following p rem i­
Dr. F o o te w rites as follow s: “ 1 am
Rock Island Short Line to El Paso,
p rep ared to m ake th e fo llo w in g p ro p o ­ um offers to those sending U9 *1 for
Texas, Completed.
sitio n : If you can get a p ro m ise of e ith e r a new su b scrip tio n to th e Torch
spxj p e r y e a r each from fo u rte e n o th e r of Reason or for a renew al. T hose renew ­
Official a n n o u n c e m e n t of th e c o m p le ­
in d iv id u a ls o r a sso c ia tio n s of in d i­ ing m ust pay all arre ara g es:
tio n of th e Rock I s la n d s h o rt L in e be­
v id u als, y o u can d e p e n d u p o n $100 PREMIUM OFFER No. I.
tw een C hicago,K an.-a.- C ity an d El Paso,
per y e a r from th e F o o te
fam ily.
T exas, has been receiv ed . T ra in service
1 w ould n o t like to p u t it e x a c tly u p o n
“ Bible G od, Bible T eachings and
was in a u g u ra te d o n M arch 2nd.
the busL of an o b lig a tio n f d eb t, but a- Selections :;
the W ritin g -o f .scient­
The o p e n in g of th is new lin e to El
a d o n a tio n which w ould be a ssu re d uu- ists,” by M rs. M. M. T u rn er. “ Free-
P aso m a rk s an im p o rta n t ep o ch in th e
le.-s som e u n fo rse e n fin an cial rev ersio n th o u g h t; Bast, P resent and F u tu r e ,” by
h is to ry of th e G re a t Rock Isla n d R o u te
T B. W akem an, w ith p o rtra it of a u th o r,
,-hould p u t us in a hole, so to speak. and “ E m an cip atio n of E d u c a tio n ” by
as well as in th e d e v e lo p m e n t of th e
U n d er su ch a p ro p o sitio n , if you co u ld Prof. W akem an.
g re a t so u th w e st te r r ito r y of th e U n ited
get a pledge from fo u rte e n F re e th o u g h t
S la te s.
n eig h b o rs, frie n d s o r so cieties, each PREMIUM OFFER No. 2.
P rim a rily th e c o m p le tio n of th is road
p ro m isin g a y e arly d o n a tio n of £100 for
to El P aso h e ra ld s th e o p e ra tio n of th e
P o rtra its of th e F reeth o u g h t E ditors
five y e ars; o u r p ro m ise will hold good of A m erica (eight in n u m b er), a rtis tic ­
“S h o rt L in e R o u te ” betw een e a ste rn
for a lik e p e rio d ,o r so long as th ey f u l­ ally arran g ed on heavy card-hoard for
g atew ay s and th e as yet p ra c tic a lly u n ­
fram ing.
fill th e irs .”
o p en ed te r r ito r y to th e so u th an d th e
T he £1,500 raised in th is way each
PREMIUM OFFER No. 3.
so u th w e st. At th e sam e tim e it opens
y ear will pay th e p re s e n t d eficit an d
up a new
a n d p o w erfu l T r a n s ­
ex p en ses n ecessary to he in c u rre d fo r
Those not d esirin g to tak e ad v an tag e
c o n tin e n ta l lin e to th e Pacific C o ast.
ru n n in g th e L ib e ral U n iv e rsity , a n d 1 of e ith e r of th e above offers, may
N ot o nly does th e R o c k ls la n d e x te n sio n
will he in th e n a tu re of an en d o w m en t have th e Torch of Reason and the
to El Paso se c u re fo r th a t ro a d th e
and k n o w n as th e “L. U. O. S u s ta in in g W eekly O regonian both one year for
“S h o rt L in e R o u te ” betw een th e e a st
only $1.75. The regular price of th e O re­
and E n d o w m en t F u n d .” If you c a n n o t gonian alone is £1.50 and it is well worth
and th e s o u th a n d so u th w e st, b u t also
afford to give $100 a year, le t us know th e price if one w ants a re p re se n ta tiv e
th e “ Low A ltitu d e R o u te ”, as th e c o u n ­
w hat y o u can give, a n d by jo in in g two paper p ublished on the Pacific Coast.
tr y th ro u g h w hich it passes is of e x ­
or m ore to g e th e r we can fo rm a sso c ia ­
tre m e ly low a ltitu d e a n d th e m ax im u m
tio n s of in d iv id u a ls giving £100 fo r th is
In ordering, please sta te which p rem i­
g rad e of th e road is less th a n one p er
um
offer you wish to take ad v an tag e of.
p u rp o se. T h is a m o u n t fo r five y ears
c e n t.
The->e
offers are lim ited ami renew als
will place L. U. 0 . on a p a y in g basis.
The d is ta n c e betw een C hicago and
m ust he forw arded at, once. You can
T he follow ing a m o u n ts have been tell by the d ate on your w rap p er w hen
El P aso, T ex as, via th e Rock Isla n d , is
pledged fo r th e S u s ta in in g F u n d :
your suhscripti*»» expires.
1464 m iles, while by th e o th e r s h o rte s t
Send all o rd eis ami m ake all m oney
$100a y e a r—th e F o o te fam ily .
ro u te it is 1579 m iles.
payable to
£50 a y e a r—O. T. G len n .
T he new line to El Paso, is an e x te n ­
TORCH O F REASO N,
$25 a y e a r—Leo F rie d e. M. M .T urner
S ilverton, Oregon.
£20 a y e a r —A. C. K au tz.
sion of th e L ib e ra l b ran c h of th e Rock
£10 a y e a r—J. B. H illard I I — A—
Is la n d an d ru n s in an a lm o st s tra ig h t
Mr. a n d M rs. M. M iller, F. R. T aylor.
T h e In g e rs o ll C h a ir.
line from L ib e ra l in th e so u th w e st c o r­
£5 a y e a r—Ju d g e C. B. W aite, H a rry
n er of K an sas to El Paso, T exas, th r o ’ B row n, M. T. R yan, C. S a u ssele , Mrs.
The am o u n t subscribed and paid in
th e W h ite O aks c o u n try . T he sc e n e ry Dan H. Davis, W. C a rsn e r, L. I*. M axam . for th e Ingersoll C h air are set forth be­
alo n g th e ro u te is b e a u tifu l a n d th e , £1 a y e a r—W. M a rq u ard so n .
low. T his sum is actually in the hands
of our tre a su re r to he safely invested,
re so u rc e s of th e c o u n tr y th ro u g h which
P a id -u p S u b s c rip tio n s .
the incom e only to he used.
th e lin e passes a re all th a t c o u ld he
SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN ENGLAND
d e sire d . T h e c lim a te of the c o u n tr y is
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T. R. B lack erh y ..........................
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p ro cess of law.
K in g ’s Saw m ill ..............................
8 00 L. P . M axam , M ich........................... $10.00
T h a t m ean s th a t th e p o sta l laws R. S. W ile s....................
10 00 Geo. N. H ill, Boston, M a ss........... 5.00
sh o u ld be rev ised a u d a m e n d ed in th e C. W. T h o m p s o n ............................. 21 00 Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............... 50.00
2 50 Prof. Daniel T. Ames, C a l............... 10.00
in te re s t of th e p ress a n d th e people, Mrs. M ary A. M o tfitt....................
1 00 Benj. D uval, C ol................................. 1.00
an d th a t th e “ P arcel P o s t” s h o u ld he F. W. H u b b a r d .................................
L. D. L e o n a rd .................................. 18 00 Ed. Secrest, R an d o lp h , K a n s a s ... 2.50
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tia l p a rtie s to ta k e c h arg e of th is m a t­ ing in G reat Salt Lake rem ark ed to a R. C. B u itis. M ic h ig a n .................... 10.00
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te r a n d o b ta in th e n e ce ssa ry leg isla ­ fore saw such a glorious com bination Ferd Hunt., W agner, O re.................
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ex ch a n g e w ith “T he P u b lic ” of C hicago, wom en and happy ch ild ren . The only J. A. K im ble, V estal, N. Y............. 1.00
tra n sc o n tin e n ta l line passing directly
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a n d o th e rs who will, re q u e st its e d ito r, th ro u g h S alt Lake City is ihe Rio G rande H.
F. E. Riggs, G loucester, M a s s .... 2.C0
L o u is F. P ost , to n am e a c o m m itte e to S ystem . I t is also th e “ Scenic Line of E. R. F oote, Sr., L arch m o n t, N. Y. 10.(X)
ta k e c h a rg e of th is m a tte r. If n o t, how th e W o rld .” No E uropean trip of equal M. M arty , C ottonw ood, Calif. . . . 2.00
len g th can com pare with it in g ran d eu r D. D rem er, N ew port. K y ...............10.00
else c an it be d o n e ?—[E d . T orch .
of scenery c r w ealth of novel in terest. T .B .E n g leh a rt, Mt. C lem ens. M ich 1.00
All A gents sell through tick ets to th e Cora W eber. M t. Vernon N. Y ...... 2.00
A g e n ts W a n te d .
East by way of the Rio G ran d e L ines. J. W. Bell, M. D., E verson, W ash .. 2.00
Semi for p am p h lets to
0 . L. Wolsten, W ash., D. C ............ 5.(0
We w ant agents for th e Torch of Rea­
J . D. M ansfield , G e n ’l Agt.
M rs. E. B lenker, N. Y. C ity .......... 1.00
son. T here is a chance for any bright
124 T hird S t., Portland, Ore.
1 S. C u rtis , B ru n sw ick , Me............ 5.00
person to e a rn som e m oney th is spring bv
or, G eo . W. H eintz . A. G. P. A.
V. Fell, M. D., W ashington, D. ( ’. 1.00
canvassing iur th e Torch.
Salt Lake Citv.
D. E. R olierts, C reston, 111............. 10.00