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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1902)
THE TORCH OE REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 20, E. M. 302 (1902.) 8 O 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 OOOOOO 0 0 -0 -0 0 0 OOOOOO 0 $ N EW S AND NOTES. 2 O OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO 0 N ex t week at th e L . U. O. will be d e voted to final e x a m in a tio n s. IM E D A N G E R O F V IC T O R Y . L . U. O. S u s ta in in g Fund. P R E M IU M S . We m ake any of th e following p rem i Dr. F o o te w rite s as follow s: “ I am Give Us a Postoffice Impartial and In p re p a re d to m ak e th e fo llo w in g p ro p o um oilers to those sending us $1 for violable ? sitio n : If y o u can get a p ro m ise of 81' *4 p er y e a r each from fo u rte e n o th e r m li' (d u al- o r a sso c ia tio n s of in d i vidual», y o u c a n d e p e n d u p o n 8100 per y e a r fro m th e F o o te fam ily. I w ould n o t lik e to p u t it e x a c tly u p o n th e b asis of an o b lig a tio n of d e b t, b u t as a d o n a tio n w hich w ould be a ssu re d u n less som e u n fo rse e n fin an c ia l rev ersio n sh o u ld p u t us in a hole, so to speak. U n d er su c h a p ro p o sitio n , if you c o u ld get a p led g e fro m fo u rte e n F re e th o u g h t n eig h b o rs, frie n d s o r so cieties, each p ro m isin g a y e a rly d o n a tio n of 8100 for five y e a rs; o u r p ro m ise will hold good fo r a lik e p erio d , o r so lo n g as th e y f u l fill th e ir s .” T he 81,500 ra ise d in th is way each y ear w ill pay th e p re s e n t d eficit a n d e x p en se s n e ce ssa ry to be in c u rre d fo r ru n n in g th e L ib e ra l U n iv e rsity , a n d will be in th e n a tu r e of a n e n d o w m e n t an d k n o w n as th e “L. U. O. S u s ta in in g and E n d o w m e n t F u n d .” If y o u c a n n o t afford to give 8100 a y ear, le t us know w hat y o u can give, a n d by jo in in g tw o o r m ore to g e th e r we can fo rm a sso c ia tio n s of in d iv id u a ls g iv in g 8100 fo r th is p u rp o se . T h is a m o u n t fo r five y ears will p lace L. U. O. on a p a y in g basis. If y o u c a n n o t be, c an y o u n o t h e lp us to find a c o n tr ib u to r ? T he fo llo w in g a m o u n ts have been p led g ed fo r th e S u s ta in in g F u n d : 8100 a y e a r—th e F o o te fam ily . 850 a y e a r—O. T. G len n . $25 a y e a r—Leo F rie d e . M. M .T urner 820 a y e a r —A. C. K au tz. 810 a y e a r—J. B. H illard I I — A— Mr. a n d M rs. M. M iller, F. R. T ay lo r. 85 a y e a r—J u d g e C. B. W aite, H a rry B row n, M. T. R y a n , C. S a u ssele , Mrs. Dan H. D avis, W. U a rsn e r, L. B. M axam . 81 a y e a r—W. M a rq u a rd so n . e ith e r a new su b scrip tio n to th e Torch of Reason or for a renew al. T hose renew ing m u st pay aii a rre a ra g e s. M ost of th e re a d e rs of th e T orch will d o u b t b " - rejo ice to le a rn tn at The closing e * . PREMIUM OFFER No. I. will be held a t L. U. O. H all in th e M essrs. L a rk in , G o v an a n d A dam s, e v en in g , ju s t p re c e d in g th e P o u n d S o th e m em b ers of th e H om e C o m m u n ity , “ Bible G od. Bible T eachings and cial a n d d an ce. M iss W a k e m a n ’s p u W a sh in g to n , p ro se c u te d fo r se n d in g Selections from th e W ritin g - of S cient p ils will have an e x h ib itio n of th e ir im p ro p e r m a tte r th ro u g h th e m ails, ists,” by M rs. M. M. T u rn e r. “ Free- p ic tu r e s a n d w ork in th e A rt Room. have g ain ed a c le a r legal v ic to ry over th o u g h t; Bast, B resen t an d F u tu r e ,” bv th e ir p e rse c u to rs a n d are free again. T B. W akem an, w ith p o rtra it of a u th o r, A ll frie n d s a re in v ite d to be p re s e n t. and " E m a n c ip a tio n of E d u c a tio n ” by T he tria l on th e 11th was b efore U. S. Mr. H en ry W hite, of W ash in g to n , J u d g e H a n fo rd a n d a ju ry . P rof. W akem an. A fte r D. C., has p re se n te d th e L. U. O. a lot h e a lin g b o th sides th e J u d g e held th a t PREMIUM OFFER No. 2. of sh e et m u sic fo r th e piano. T he lot th e m a tte r c o m p la in e d of was n o t o b w eighs fifty p o u n d s, a n d was s e n t p re je c tio n a b le u n d e r th e law, a n d th a t P o rtra its of th e F re eth o u g h t E ditors p aid . T h is m u sic is q u ite v a lu a b le to th e ju ry m u st find a v erd ict fo r th e a c of A m erica (eig h t in n u m b er), a rtis tic th e L. U. O., a n d we wish to e x p re ss ally a rran g ed on heavy card-board for c u sed , w hich th ey d id . fram ing. sin c e re th a n k s to Mr. W hite fo r his We a re glad, b u t n o t so a w fu lly glad k m d n e s s s a n d lib e ra lity . PREMIUM OFFER No. 3. as m any seem to be, over th is re s u lt. R e p u b lic a n P rim a rie s were held a t Of c o u rse we are very glad th a t th e Those not d esirin g to tak e ad v an tag e th e L. U. G. b u ild in g la st F rid a y a f te r a c c u se d a re free, b u t we e x p e c te d no of e ith e r of th e above offers, m ay noon. T he c o n te s t was r a th e r warm o th e r re s u lt, for th e T orch said at the have th e Torch of Reason and the betw een Dr. B lack erb y , th e a s p ira n t s t a r t th a t th e C o m sto ck p eo p le had no W eekly O regonian both one year for fo r c o u n ty c le rk , an d S e n a to r A dam s, case. B u t w hat we a re a fra id of is th e only $1.75. The regular price ot th e O re gonian alone is 81.50 and it is well worth who w an ts to be re-e lec te d . B lackerby “d a n g e r of v ic to ry ,” th e d a n g e r t h a t th e price if one w ants a rep re se n ta tiv e won by a vote of 34 to 21. T he d ele g ates re fo rm e rs a n d good people will now p ap er published on th e Pacific C oast. elected are fav o rab le to th e re -n o m in a be m ore in c lin e d to let law s, p a rtia l, tio n of ( ¡ov. < leer. d is c r e t io n a r y , an d th e re fo re bad a n d In ordering, please sta te which p re m i i DANGEROUS, sta n d , ra th e r th a n com e to T he m em b ers of G race M. E. C h u rc h um offer y o u wish to tak e ad v an tag e of. These offers are lim ited and renew als in P o rtla n d m et M onday ev en in g a n d th e fro n t a n d have th em rev ised so t h a t th e re need be no d is c re tio n a ry m ust be forw arded a t once. You can had a big ju b ile e b u rn in g a 820,000 tell by the d a t e on your w rap p er w hen p o sto tlice cen so r, a n d no su c h p a rtia l m o rtg a g e on th e ir b u ild in g , w hich th ey your su b scrip tio r ex p ires. had ju s t liq u id a te d . T he n e x t a f te r a n d d a n g e ro u s p ro se c u tio n s. A re you Send all orders ami m ake all m oney n o o n th e T rin ity E p isco p al C h u rc h alw ays g oing to r u n y o u r risk of a payable to b u ild in g b u rn e d . We h a v en ’t heard “ p u ll” o r a bribe fo r th e I’. O. In sp e c TO R C H O F R EA SO N , w h e th e r th e E p isco p a l b re th re n were to r, or of g e ttin g b efo re a J u d g e H a n S ilverton, Oregon. try in g to o u t do th e ir M eth o d ist b r e th fo rd , in ste a d of a J u d g e B e n ed ict of re n , b u t th e y c e rta in ly did it. UNblessed m em ory? if n o t, now is th e T h e In g e r s o ll C h a ir. W e are p le a se d to p re s e n t th e n am es tim e w hile th e “S o c ia lis t” of S e a ttle , T he am o u n t subscribe«! and paid in of tw o m ore d o n o rs to th e In g e rso ll a n d th e “C o m m o n e r,” a n d a h u n d re d for th e Ingersoll C h a ir are Set forth be C h a ir fu n d . T h is fu n d o u g h t to grow o th e r p a p e rs an d p eo p le are in p e ril, to low. T his sum is actu ally in the hands now an d be th e g ra n d e s t an d m o st u s e in s is t u p o n th e law s th a t will give us of o u r tre a su re r to be safely in v ested , th e incom e only to be used. fu l m o n u m e n t y e t su g g e ste d for Col. a ll an impartial a n d a inviolable In g erso ll. T h e fo u n d o u g h t to bo m ail. W h at will d o th a t, we have said SUBSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED IN ENGLAND raised to 825,000 rig h t away. T h e L. U. in th e la s t T orch , (8th page), an d re BY G. J . HOLYOAKE. P a id - u p S u b s c rip tio n s . (). being on a safe fin an cial basis will p e a te d ly before. B ut it will n o t com e £ 8. m ake th e fu n d safe, a n d it c an be in w ith o u t e ffo rt an d som e sacrifice. Wo M r. George A nderson, London 5 0 vested a t G p e r cen t. L e t each L ib e ral re p e a t th e su g g e stio n : “ th a t th o se p a T he fo llo w in g p e rs o n s have c o n tr ib “ “ “ 2d su b scrip tio n , , 5 0 ad d so m e th in g . p e rs who ex ch a n g e w ith ‘T he P u b lic ’ u te d th e su m s se t o p p o site th e ir n a m e s Mr. Alfred M arsh, ,,3 0 j of C hicago, an d others who w ill, re fo r th e 1901-2 S u s ta in in g F u n d , m an y “ “ “ 2d su b scrip tio n , , 3 0 P ro f. V an Trum p, was ill la s t F rid a y q u e s t its e d ito r, L o u is F. P ost , to nam e of th e m p ro m isin g to c o n tr ib u te a lik e Mrs. E. H olvoake M arsh, ,, ¡0 e v en in g a n d d id n o t p u t in his a p p e a r a c o m m itte e to ta k e ch arg e of th is i a m o u n t each y e ar fo r live y e ars: Mr. R obert AfSplegarth, ,, 10 a n ce a t th e Y. B. S . S. C . to d ire c t th e m a tte r in th e in te re s t of b o th press P re v io u sly a ck n o w le d g ed ............$515 (X) Mr. T hos. A llsop, ,, 2 0 2 00 Mr. J . M. G im son, L eicester 1 0 p ro g ram given by his side, b u t it was a a n d p eo p le.” If n o t, say how else it J . H. S c h ro e d e r................................ 1 00 Mr. A rth u r G itnson, ,,1 0 very in te re s tin g one, a n d was en jo y ed can be done. L et u s have so m e th in g M is. O sca r R e d fie ld ...................... besides ta lk an d law s u its !—iE n T orch . J. B. B iila r d ...................................... 10 (X) Mr. Sidney G im son, ,, 1 0 by all. I t is hoped th a t C a p ta in Dou- J o h n G o b e l........................................ 1 00 Mr. Jo h n L each, Y arm o u th 1 0 ahue'Nvill n o t e x h a u st h im self in th e E d. S e c r e s t........................................ 1 00 BY MRS. HOLYOAKE MARSH. p re p a ra tio n of his p ro g ram , w hich he S o u v e n ir s F ro m P a in e ’s G ra v e . A F r ie n d ............................................ 25 00 M rs. D aniel B aker B irm ingham 0 gives us to u n d e rs ta n d th a t w hile it is E. S te w a rt.......................................... 20 00 Mr. B yron H olvoake S m ith ,, 0 th e la s t of th is school y e ar, it will by C a p ta in Geo. W . L lo y d of New Ro H ic k s & A m e s.................................. 73 60 A. H . 10 » » no m ean s be th e lea st. All frie n d s are P e te r R a u ch ...................................... 173 00 c h elle , N. Y., has p re se n te d th e L. U. O. L. E. R a u c h ...................................... 12 00 M iss Ju lia ( . S m ith , 0 , > in v ite d to be p re s e n t. I Mrs. H olvoake S m ith , 0 w ith som e pap er-w eig h ts, a c a n e and a T. R. B lack erb y ............................ » > GO.) Miss P h ip so n , E ach lad y who a tte n d s th e P o u n d gavel, all c u t from th e lim b of one of K in g ’s S a w m ill................................ R eigate 0 8 (X) 0 Lon« ion S ocial a t L. U. O. H all F rid a y evening, th e h ick o ry tre e s w hich grow o v er th e ; R. S. W ile s ........................................ 10 00 ! Dr. G . Sw orn, ! Mr. T. R. M udie, ,, 0 C. W. T h o m p s o n ............................ 21 00 M arch 28, sh o u ld b rin g a b a sk et of g rav e of T h o m as P ain e. T h e boule- ! Mrs. M ary A. M o ffitt.................... i Mr. A. S u m n er, ,, 5 2 50 good th in g s to eat, if she w a n ts any v a rd w hich passes th e g rav e is being Dr. J . W allace, (deceased) Glasgow 0 F. W. H u b b a r d ................................ 1 (XI su p p e r. T he n am es of th e lad ies b rin g w idened, a n d in b la stin g , tw o large . L. D. L eo n ard ................................ 18 00 SENT PERSONALLY. ing b a sk e ts will be p laced in sealed lim b s w ere b ro k en fro m th e tre e . C a p F. R. T a y io r .................................. 10 (X) Mr. H erb ert S pencer. B righton 2 0 2 00 envelopes, to be d raw n by th e g e n tle ta in L lo y d to o k th e s e to his hom e an d W. S. H a m lin .................................... CONTRIBUTED IN AMERICA. m en. B efore receiv in g th e b ask et each L. P. M axam , M ich.......................... $10.(X) g e n tle m a n m u st weigh th e lady whose is d e v o tin g his sp a re tim e to m a n u fa c Geo. N. H ill, B oston, M ass............ 5.00 R a te s ^ g a in R educed. n am e he has d raw n , a n d pay one cen t tu r in g th e m in to so u v e n irs fo r his Eva Ingersoll Brown, N. Y ............. 50.00 fo r each fo u r p o u n d s, or fra c tio n th e r e F re e tb o u g h t frie n d s. T his is c e rta in ly Brof. Daniel T. Arnes, C a l............... 10.00 of. T h en he will be p e rm itte d to join an o rig in a l idea a n d th e T orch an d Benj. Duval. Col............................... 1.00 FR O M A L L PO IN T S EAST. th e lady in sa m p lin g th e c o n te n ts of Ed. Secrest, R an d o lp h , K a n s a s ... 2.50 L . U. O. a p p re c ia te th e k in d re m e m h e r b a sk et. Helen II. G ard en er. N. Y . C ity 1.00 b ran c e. C a p ta in L lo y d lives n e a r E sth e r H e rrm a n , New Y ork C itv 1.00 Before you m a k e d e tin ite a rra n g e m e n ts P a in e's grav e an d m o n u m e n t, a n d has J J.C hile«,at..M . D. W ash D. C. ' 3.00 A n A u t h o r S p e a ks. e s ta b lis h e d a s o rt of p ro te c to ra te over for th a t trip East let us q u o te vou rates W m. J. C h ilc o a t, “ “ 1.00 via th e Illinois C entral R ailroad. O ur B. L. Hjernifetad O hio..................... 1.00 th e m . The late C harles Dudley W a rn e r— rates are th e lowest to lie h ad , and it W. M arq u ard so n , Scipio, U t a h . . . 1.00 a u th o r, e d ito ra n d tra v e lle r—w hile b a th the v a c a n t tomb of tiiomas P aine . will pay you to w rite us. If you h a v e n ’t M artin M iller. Sr., Dayton. O re .. 5.(Kt ing in G reat Salt. Lake rem ark ed to a tim e to co m m u n icate w ith us, tell th e R. C. Burtis, M ichigan................... 10.00 frien d , th a t in his trav els he never D'- W e oft h ear nam ed as “ Holy L a n d ,” A F rie n d , M ich ig an .......................... 5.00 fore saw such a glorious com bination A Rocky piece of T u rk -ru led sod, ag en t from whom you purchase vour Ferd Hunt., W agner, O re................. 2.00 of salt sea b a th in g , blue su n lit W here often bends some pilgrim band ticket th a t you w ant to trav el by wav of G eorge lies, New York C i t y . . . . 10.00 skies, pure m o u n tain a ir and p retty To kiss th e em pty grave of “ G o d .” th e Illin o is C en tra l, ami you will never H. C. W illiss, W ash in g to n , D. C, 5.00 wom en and happy c h ild ren . The only B ut th e r e ’s one valued spot of ground regret th e trip . If any of y o u r relatives J. A. K im ble, V estal, N. Y ............. 1.00 tra n s c o n tin e n ta l line passing d irectly Most tit for Freedom ’s fane, or friends in tl.e Last are com ing West H. T. S m ith , S augerties, N . Y . . . . 1.<X1 th ro u g h Salt L a k e C ity is the Rio G rande It is a lone, tree-guarded m ound, w hile th e low rates are in effect, w rite F. E. Riggs. G loucester, M a s s .... 2.00 S ystem . It is also th e “ Scenic Line of T he vacant tom b of Thomas Paine. us ab o u t th e m , and we will see th a t E. B. F o o te, Sr., L arc h m o n t, N. Y. 10.00 th e W o rld .’’ No E u ro p ean tr ip of equal th ey get th e lowest rates w ith th e best M. M arty, C ottonw ood, C alif........ 2.00 len g th can com pare w ith it in g ran d e u r T he N ation caused a colum n rise. service. T hrough to u rist cars, p erso n D. D rem er, N ew port, K v ...............10.00 P otom ac’s peopled banks upon, of scenery c r w ealth of novel in terest. ally conducted excursion ears, free re All A gents sell th ro u g h tick ets to the W hich spires so high it m eets th e skies, clin in g c h a ir c a rs,—in fact all the latest T .B .E n g le h a rt, Mt. C lem ens, Mich 1.00 Cora W eber. M t. Vernon N. Y ...... 2.00 To tell th e worth of W ashington. E ast by way of th e Rio G rande L ines. conveniences know n to m odern railro ad J. W. Bell, M. D., E verson, W ash.. 2.00 B ut still to m ark th e m an alone Send for p a m p h le ts to ing. For p a rticn ia rs regarding rates, O. L. W olsten, W ash., D. C ............ 6.00 W ho led th e Independence tra in , J . I). M a nsfield , G e n ’I Agt. tim e, service, stop-overs, different con Mrs. E. B lenker, N. Y. C ity .......... 1.00 T h e re sta n d s a little g ran ite stone, 124 Third S t ., P o rtla n d , O re. n ectio n s and routes, etc., call on or a d 1 S. C u rtis . B ru n sw ic k . Me............ 5.00 At vacant tom b of T hom as Paine. or, G eo . W. H eintz . A. G . P. A. dress, B. H. T rumbull , C om ’l Agt., 142 V. Fell, M. D., W ash in g to n , D. C. LOO S alt Lake City. T h ird S tre et, P o rtla n d , Oregon. Jo h n P. Guild. i D. E . R o h erts, C reston, III............. 10.00