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4444-44444 4444^*4 4 44 44 444 44 444444 4444444444444 M ? <» I • FOR SALE! T wo Presbyter! n Ministers, Far Apart, Write Near the Same Time About the Same Ideau and Almoat, But Not Quit«, Scar« the Poor Editor Out of Ilia "Free I' i m" Boot» We Appreciate the Kind Advice, But we Disagree as to the Soundness of the Two Brothers’ Theological Argument. ■ <■ <» i * * < V <• ;» ;> ¡‘ <» » $17,700 for 795-acre firm in Asotin, Wash. Party wuii I h a Minnller im proved farm. $30,000 for 240-acre farm in I.a Grana«*, Or. Fruit and nlfalfa land, line improvements, will exchange for income in city, or small ranch. * $|M,000 — A fine place to sub-divide, about I1/ on electric line from Oallaa; will exchange for Portland property. $15,000 for 200 acre«, tine farm clone to Brownsville, Or. Hill take part exchange in Portland property. $11,000 lor iiUH’j-acrr stock farm near McMinnville for a gmul iarm. $15,000 for a g«xui wheat farm in Sherman county, near Moro: will ex- < liangc for a common farm, leas value. W hat have you? $11,000 291.44-acre farm in Califor nia. clone to Morgan Hill, Santa (lara county; wantn Oregon or Washington land. $SOOO lor 320 acres near Othello, Wash., (small lake) 100 acren cun be irrigated from lake; will exchange for nmall improved place in Oregon. $0500 for 320 acren, Othello, Wash., good level land, buildings all in culti vation, "ill exchange for a mnall place or ntocn I al m. $6000 for a llnely-equippcd hotel. Thia in a paying buninenn, in Idaho; will exchange. What have you? $6500 for 160 acren on coant, near Bundon; will exchunge. Make me an offer. $9500 for large house and my equity in 13 Portland lotn. on carline; would like California property $6000 for u brick store; also a corru gated iron burn. Thin in a line chance for aome one who wuntn to go I.ant. Property in in Plum City, M in. Come in und nee photon and make me an offer. $1X00 for weil-im iroved 160 acren in Canada. Wantn mn.ill farm in Oregon or < alifornin. $3200 for nice, improved 162 acren, Munson, i anada; about 90 acren al ready in crop; will exchange for town or city property in Oregon. $3100 for 160 acren all in wheat, I ranklin county, W’unli. W ill exchange. W hut have you to offer? $3200 tor 160 acren, franklin coun ty, Wash.; homestead, water and out- nide range. Will exchange for any thing of value. $2000 for NO acre i improved, good buildings, windmill, tine orchard; Ok lahoma. Will exchange for acieage or town property in Oregon, Hashing- ton or Ilia ho. < ? I H. E. Brown . Box 145 Silverton, Oregon •! NEW YORK AND NORTH CAROLINA JOIN IN FRIENDLY CRITICISM OF THE SILVERTON JOURNAL al Some of our best friends do not like to <••• our paper a free press unles» it leaven out what is against their ideas. If one writes an article somewhat Social! tic, many ar«- offended; if another ays anything about prohibition, a howl goes up from another quarter; if our friend, Leon L. .Myers, th«- Cbri tian minister expo k - an orthodox idea, ■ <>rn«- of the more liberal! ?) people show considerable illiberality; if a poor working l«oy tells what he < » think, i the trout our advertising takes a lump, anti if th«- editor says anything at all, he is on the black list with those who don't quite agree with him. The tendem i thus to hav<- every -park of Americanism and manhood crushed out of us an«l to cater to the trade by saying nothing of any account. I Hi i < -iirtly what i- th«- matter with the new pap r everywhere, and the cause of this old world being so slow in finding the saving truth Great m th«- ( < atholic <iu< < ii lion is, it i not th«- only que. lion before the American people. We want to make The Silverton Journal a free press, for we that it is i th«- onl, only way we can ever win the _ great victory a — lie." Therefore we ____ invite criticism, arul we hope our 4 believe that . over “everything . _ that maketh _ ------------- — _ ______ friends will all do the <ame, be hon<- t enough to forsake error «rror when convinced, and when victorious, allow "the other fellow” a chance to retreat grace grace- fully and in order. I he foil« wing l«-tt«-r,. pointing out alleged errors in our former criticism on the Catholic catechism, certainly comes from good arid well-established authority, and we v. ill give them careful consideration: Editor Silverton Journal: Editor Silverton Journal: I send you your article, “The Real Original Sin,” in clipping form, the 1 am a subBcriber to your paper, and also sent a email contribution for children’s catechism of our church, and a clipping giving .Mr. Bryan's idea your Defense Fund. I have admired your strong position taken in the of a faithful pa ’or. I sympathize with a businc man arxl patriot who Roman Catholic question, and it was to strengthen you that I subscribed hu. been tr«-at«-<i by Rome n you have. <)n«- in your shape, I suspect, could almost will he «lidn’t have two )«-p. , becau.-e the Catholics are sup- for your paper. I am sorry that you have weakened your position in the pur-ed to have two. Hut th«- fact remains that we had best hold on to both last issue of your paper. In your criticism of the Roman Catholic Cate- of ours, even if th«- < atholi« have got two. By perusing this little cate chum, you certainly draw far conclusions, use queer theology, and lose chism of ours, which i. recited by hundred o' children in the Southern your point altogether, as well as your supposed argument, which was not pre byterlan church every year, you will that the teaching is very much like that of the Catholic catechism, with the exception of the dogma argument at all, whatever it was intended for. of the "Immaculate c«»n< « ption,” which i- of course erroneous. Mr. Bryan You ridicule the Catholics with holding to the old views of the Crea has our idea of teaching the young, a well as preaching the gospel to tion, etc., and class their statements as “lies” etc., stating that “up-to-date mature Christians. Give young and old the sincere milk of the word and ministers of the best Protestant churches do not take the Old Testament ground them well in th«- faith once delivered to th«- saints. '1 hen they will know what is right, love it, and by th«- grace of God have power to stories as necessarily true,” and mention a .Methodist minister who has o do it. There is no depth or length or breadth of science that we hold our "also studied science,” (I should like to know how much of science he has mini '<-r back from, but we want them a children, youth, young men and ♦ studied) and an educated Roman Catholic priest to substantiate your mature leailers to know God as a personal Savior at first hand. Then : argument. nothing in all their research will tempt them to turn away from God, but ♦ love him mor«- and erve Him an«i their fellowmen better as they see His Now, perhaps I am not “an up-to-date minister,” but I have a very ♦ ♦ handiwork and how marvelously the word of God. th«- work - of God, in nice field, am a regularly ordained minister in the Presbyterian denomina ♦ ♦ creation and providence and the work of the spirit of G««d in the personal tion, and 1 absolutely hold to the LITERAL statements as given in the ♦ experience of the Christian, agree and upplement each other. The cate- ♦ Old Te.-tament regarding the creation, the fall of man, and all the rest of chi. m which I . end you is a fair -ample of the great bulk of Protestant : teaching throughout the world. Christ and the apostles lived some 1400 it: and I happen to know some of the leading men in the M. E. church who year after Mo.-es. The Old Testament wa their only Bible which they : hold to the same views, men who are known all over the Christian world studied, believed arxl treat««! with great respect (the story of Jonah and ♦ by their prominence in the pulpit and their many writings published and all.) <'an we afford to do less? ♦ sold all over this and other lands. I also happen to know many prominent ♦ The Bible was not written to teach .science, or history, or geography, ♦ but to tell the story of redemption, a true story, however, whether in men in the Presbyterian church, known all over this land, many of them ♦ parable, vision or ve ritable history with living, breathing personalities. I ♦ right here in New York, many of them in Philadelphia, and other cities, ♦ trust you will understand that my letter is not in the spirit of controversy who hold the same views, men who are leaders in their denomination. ♦ nor fault-finding, except a a fnend, but 1 want you to succeed, and you ♦ Every summer I have had the pleasure of listening to some of the best cannot if you alienate the great Protestant church, who must lie your ♦ known men in the world, ministers of different denominations, and almost ♦ chief backing in your and my fight for truth and liberty. Higher criticism ♦ without exception (as far as I now remember absolutely without excep ( <•«• New England) nor infidelity (-«e France) have ever battled success ♦ tion) they stand by the same old faith of our fathers, and the same Old fully with Rome. They cannot produce life—character. Orthodoxy has ♦ Testament that their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ accepted and believed. ♦ an<l can, and it is the only answer to any form of error. When the Men ♦ Last summer one of the “up-to-date” men appeared on the same platform ace wa one year old. J wrote them that I rejoiced that they battled as for a week, and with an intelligent audience, far above the ordinary in Christian and not as infidel. As far as I have noticed they also seem to intelligence, being largely composed of school teachers, Bible workers, lx- orthodox. Not having had th«- opportunity to study theology, you are returned missionaries, ministers of ail denominations, etc., and he, this at a great di -ailvantage. So take the advice of a friend and keep close to “up-to-date” man,” with his “up-to-date” ideas, was the very most unpop shore until you have studied thoroughly a normal species. ular man who spoke on religious themes. And this was not in a corner of Your true friend and fellow servant, : 4 the world, but at one of the most popular Chautauquas in the U. S. A. R. J. M’lLWAIN, ♦ These “up-to-date” men are getting to be "behind-date” men, for the 4 Presbyterian Mini ter and Home Missionary. 4 leading thinkers in all denominations are against them, and their numbers ♦ Monroe, North Carolina, February 19, 1914. ♦ are growing fewer constantly, in proportion, and their old arguments are “A Faithful Minister,” by W. J. Bryan. getting threadbare. “I de ire my minister to preach every Sunday the simple gospel. ‘The Now, I lift my voice in protest against this insertion in your paper, of Old, Old Story' never wearies the average congregation, if it comes from an item, evidently dragged in from afar, which can do no possible good, ♦ but really strengthens the position of the Roman Catholic church, for the <> a devout mind with preparation in the message. My ideal sermon is one <> which has an appeal to the unconverted and a spiritual uplift for the vast majority of Protestants hold to the very same belief, and which will Christian. I want my minister to be abreast of the times on all new the have a tendency to drive away from you your subscribers. I am very ological questions and research, but I do not want him to bring them into sure that I, for one, would naver subscribe for any paper (had I known it 4 the pulpit. I have formed certain fixed views of Christ, His Gospel and before subscribing) that would publish material so offensive tc the most the inspiration of the Bible from a careful reading of that Book of books of Protestant people who think upon religious matters. and of the Shorter Catechism, and it will not make me a better Christian When you publish anything you wish to have influence against the or profit my spiritual life to unsettle the <• views by a discussion in the Roman Catholic church, it would be well to make a more wise selection, pulpit of new theories of Christ and the Holy Scriptures. Finally, I want and you will not be so likely to alienate the very best people who are sup my minister to act upon the belief that Christ’s Gospel is the surest cure porting you in the battle against the Roman Catholic church. of ali social and political evils, and that his best method of promoting Hoping that you may not again enter into the field of supposed higher temperance, social morality and good citizenship, is to bring men into the criticism in your little paper, and wishing you every success as a real church. In a word, I want my minister to emphasize in his life work the newspaper, as well as a patriotic one, I am declaration of the most successful preacher, Paul: ‘It pleased God by the Very sincerely yours, G. E. SEHLBREDE. foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.’ ” 737 Sixth St., New York, N. Y., February 21, 1914. These letters ar«- honest friendly exprv sions and are just what we need, for in the battle against the Roman Beast we must learn all we can about our own army, as well a.- about the enemy. Space forbids an answer in full, but some people who are not orthodox at all, work for the orthodox “Men ace,” lx-«-au-<- it is lighting a common enemy. This is right and the good Presbyterians should not undertake the Catholic stunt of suppression nor fear the free expre- don of thought. We could leave out all ideas conflicting with their views, or conflicting with our views, on the stories of the Old Testa ment, but is it fair to smother others’ thoughts wh > wish to help in this fight against a common foe. It matters but little what two brothers believe shout the supernatural when they are lighting together to save a sister from a burning building. We understand our two friends’ fear that those who might support us will let their prejudice keep them from the good work, but no one can afford to be so narrow and if there are a few who haven’t yet been cured of this old Roman relic of domination or ruin, there are surely liberty-loving people enough to help a brother to “a cup of cold water” even though he be so awfully wicked as to doubt the literal interpretation of the story about Mother Eve being made out of a rib, or about Jonah and the whale. Whether these things are true or not we ought to all pitch in with all our might to save that sixteen-year-old American girl who is now in the clutches of the ( atholic priests, and who is worse than a slave. We ought not to quibble over “theological trust until the blood about our hearts is dry as dust.” No. brothers, W. J. Bryan's idea may not be just right for an out-of-the-pulpit fight. We need your help. We thank you for your past fa vors, and for your good, frank letters, but we beg of y ou to remember the words of the carpenter’s Son, which clearly show that he did not believe in forever dinging to old laws and traditions, "Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; but I say unto you, that ye resist not evil,” etc. In Hi- celebrated sermon on the Mount, He repeats several times this wonderful unorthodox. un-Catholic idea, “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time,” and then he went on and gave His more up-to-date ideas. The Romans didn’t like His doctrine and the orthodox 4 Jews helped to crucify Him. lie careful, brother.-. You may be wrong, and if not wrong in your theology, you would certainly be in trying to suppress another’s honest thought, or in trying to induce him to silently lie in order to succeed in his work. We can work against Catholicism and other evils with those who differ from us, and we hope they can work with us, but we will not purposely de ceive, for we still believe that “the worst sin in the world is a lie, and that there is no monster god who made a mistake in making a weak man to fall. Woman is not the sub-creature Rome would have us believe. The only serpent that has ever deceived man is ‘a lid-,’ and the Roman hierarchy keeps a big ¡«ox of them on tap ali the time, and this one about the forbidden fruit, taken literally, is a regular rattler. "Man is naturally good and as a rule the sweet little babies of our race would grow to be honest, happy, progressive citizens if it were not for just such serpent lies as the old O. S. B ’s tell them, teaching them to Be also. Yes, hate sin, my child, and especially that awful father of all sins, called ‘a ♦ lie.’ ” ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • • • ••........................................... J...................................................... • • • ■ ♦♦•••••............................. .... A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON HARNESS and SHOE SHOP. I make a specialty of Harness and Shoe repairing Guarantee Satisfaction or money back. Harness made to order. X ■ PROMPT WORK. GOOD GOODS. RIGHT PRICES • W. A. CROSS, the Harness Man. f • • • • • • • • ♦■••• •••••• • • • • • • - A Cut out <>n dotted line anti mail to.I. K. HOSMER. Silverton. Oregon A FREE PRESS THE SILVERTON JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK , 191 E ditor of S ilverton .J ournal , S ilverton , O regon , Enclosed find $1.00, for which send the JOURNAL to address Notice to the Public. I am in position to accept a depoait ami give a binding contract of sale on anything I advertise. When you see a bargain, come in and we will nail it. H. E. BROWN, Agent. Use the subscription blanks we en close in The Journal to get us new subs. It is the only way we can sur vive. This is your light, as well as ours. Let’s each do his part well and a great victory will be won. When, during a period of unparal- 1«. led development in the state, it is es tablished beyond doubt that an army of hundreds of men and hundreds of women are out of employment a.«d thousands are in need of the neces saries of life, it becomes a patriotic- duty for the people to seek the causes which have brought about conditions so much to he deplored. With abun dant crops and high prices for the pro ducts of the soil, with land wonderful ly productive, with men anxious to work in any line of industry which promises fair returns for hard labor, with climatic conditions favorable to the rapid development of the country, there scents to be every goo«i reason why prosperity should be for every thrifty citizen of the state of Oregon. When it is self-evident that there are deap-seated causes for the unfa vorable conditions which maintain from one end of the state to the other; when unrest is common among the people; it becomes the duty of Organ ized Labor to investigate the problems which are present and report findings of fact and remedial recommendations to the citizenry, that intelligent action may be planned. A study of conditions covering the last two or three years shows that a number of elements have entered into and become crystallized as the unemployment problem which now confronts the people of Oregon, and promises to be long in solution. Among the elements to be considered are: The wholesale distribution of highly colored and untruthful advertising of the advantages offered prospective set tlers in Oregon. Impractical boosting of communities where failure was almost certain to follow attempts at development unless large sums of money and much time were taken into account. Speculation in land values to the limit where the man of ordinary means—much less the man with neith er money nor experience—is unable to acquire even a small tract of land from which to coax a meagre living. Advertising logged-off lands and arid lands as baits for the uninitiated, when it wa.- known that the cost of de velopment would be greater than any man could bear with profit from the effort needed to do the work. “Homeseekers’ Excursions,” which in reality have proved to be workers’ delusions, which have given induce ments by cheap fares to men w-ith no means to come west and cast their lot with thousands of others who have been induced to leave their homes in the eastern or central states under the impression that easy money was plen tiful in Oregon. Advertising the wonderful possibili ties of “irrigated projects” when as a matter of fact the “projects” were largely imaginary, or in case of devel opment, would show conditions which would make it impossible for a man without means to make a living for himself and family, much less to pay for the land and the water rights. Efforts of employers of labor to in duce skilled and unskilled mechanics to come west—and to Oregon in par ticular—w-ith the understanding that wages were much higher than they really were and that work was plenti ful everywhere. Combinations of commission houses and dealers for the purpose of control ling markets, which, while forcing the cost of living to the breaking point, have resulted in making the produc tion of any but staple crops in Oregon unprofitable and almost impossible, thus opening local markets to New Zealand butter, Chinese eggs and Ar gentinian beef. Unscientific efforts of near-sighted employers in Oregon to maintain low wages and long hours in industry; ef forts to make the working season Ahort instead of extending labor over as many days of the year as possible, thus forcing thousands of men into in voluntary idleness in winter time and leaving huge plants as liabilities against industry. Recognizing the importance of thor ough understanding and hearty co-op eration between all the people of the state in any movement for betterment of conditions, we recommend the fol lowing remedial measures to the care ful consideration of all citizens: First.—That none of the taxpayers’ money be spent in immigration boost ing schemes, either in this country or abroad, and that action be taken look ing to the repeal of the law creating the state immigration commission at the coming session of the legislature. Second.—That it is in keeping with sound business practice that the “homeseekers’ excursion” plan be abandoned for this year oy the rail road companies in an effort to allow industrial conditions on the Pacific coast to become stable again. Third.—That instead of boosting the game of land sharks, an effort be made to control values within the lim it that can be reached by actual set tlers, either by law or by creating a healthy public sentiment against the evil, and that instead of building up schemers who may rob newcomers, an efforts be made to build up the people already here, the people whose success must first be assured before It is wise to flood the country with those who may be seeking wider opportunity. Fourth.—That the governor be re quested to appoint a commission rep resentative of all interests in commer cial life whose duty it shall be to in vestigate the conditions under which the provision business in the state is conducted, to report on marketing sys tems and methods of distribution tend ing toward the build’ng up of the agri cultural, dairying and horticultural in terests of the state and on the unjust combinations of dea ers in products of the farm. Fifth.—That the people of the state irrespective of vocation, profession or calling, be urged to study the problem of unemployment as it is related to seasonal occultations, and that so far as possible the work day or the work week be shortened to the end that a greater number of workers be given steady employment. Sixth.—That the newspapers of the state be urged to aid in a movement against the exploitation of people, whether native or foreign born, in the firm belief that in the true develop ment of natural resources and square dealing among men can Oregon come into real greatness. J. A. MADSEN, A. H. HARRIS, RICHARD DROPISCH, C. H. THOMPSON, O. D. FORTE, M. J. M’GUIRE, J. T. TUCKER, E. H. PICKARD, T. H. BURCHARD, E. J. STACK, PHILLIP R. POLLOCK, EVERETT LOGAN, H. M. LORNTSEN, J. C. WECKWORTH, C. M. ANDERSON, Committee from Oregon State Fed eration of Labor. GET US SUBS! It is impossible to personally thank all those who are he'ping us in this struggle against the Roman power, but we are thankful just the same. It is your fight, however, as well as ours, and as a business proposition in the greatest campaign against the great est evil of any age we wish to notify those on the firing line that we have got to get more financial aid or Rome will gain her point and put our free press out of business. We want $5000 at once, and if all of our subscribers will use the subscription blanks we are sending out with this issue, we will get the money and nor be beggars, either, for The Silverton Journal will be worth one dollar during the year 1914 and thus we will be giving value received. The time !s very short. Please act at once. ________ J^E. HOSMER. Stock and Dairy Ranches Equipped. I have 115 acres 14 miles north of Silverton, in Evans valley, fully equip ped, fine improvements, good string of cows, will sell at $100 per acre, or ex change for a good stock ranch. H. E. Brown, Si'verton, Ore.