The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-09

iDgs of Dowie's temple will be inscrib-
ed the verse in the Bible on which the
faith of divine healing is based. About
the inner walls Of the temple will be
situated che offices of administration,
both temporal and spiritual Within
Will rise the egg shaped dome of the
assembly hall. At the small end of the
hail will be the altar, faced by seats
for 1900.
It Will. however, be some time before
the temple is built, and in the mean
dime 4 modest structure will be erected
as a temporary place for the Dowie
services.
With the exception Of two or three
buildings the structures 50 far erected
on the Dowie tract are of the most
primitive kind. They are simply great
packing boxes, without the slightest at
tempt at architecture or adornment.
Most of them are only one story in
height and are painted a dull reddish
color. There is a well equipped saw
and planning mill. and this~is in actual
going on vigorously in various sections
Of the tract.
she center of interest in the colony
at present is the lace mill This is
high one story building about 100 feet
long by 40 wide, and in it 4 gang of
Englishmen are now at work, erecting
massive machinery for the new indus
try. Great foreign packing boxes and
a litter of parts of the machinery cover
the entire floor of the structure, while
the framework of seven machines is in
place. The machinery is all of English
make.
This lace mill if completed according
to the DOwie plans is going to be a
monster. The ground has been graded
fer a building 600 feet long by 200
wide. The intention is ultimately to
build with brick or stone around the
present frame building, and then this
latter may be torn away.
The most pretentiOus structure on
the grounds is the lace workers home
This is a great three story frame build
ing to which a couple of two story ad-
dtions are now being constructed. 1t
stands on one of the highest points of
land on the tract and will accommodate
100 people. 1t is now being used as a
boarding house and is full to repletiOn
A corps of girls employed as mattresses
and chambeTmaids there have a home
in two story frame structure about a
81, e flntv
sleeping quarters. These two build
ings are painted white, with brown
trimmings, and represent the acme OF
architecture up to date in Zion City.
Most Of the life of the colony now
centers about the tracks of the Chicago
and Northwestern railway, upon the
line of which Zion City is located. A
freighthouse 300 feet long, a little de-
pot maybe six feet square, with tele-
graph operator in it; the saw and plan
ing mill, an office building about II
feet square and an engine house and
electric light plant are ranged along the
track.
Not far distant is the Zion general
store building, a rather neat two story
frame, in which line of general mer-
chandise Is carried and where the
faithful do their trading. There is one
article. however. that is not dealt in at
the Zion general store. and that is to-
bacco. An inquiry for cigars brought a
look of horror to the face of a genial
young man who appeared to be guiding
the stores destinies. and he hastily
said that tobacco was a curse, and DIR.
DOVE abhorred it. And this is another
noticeable thing about Zion City. OF
the hundred or more men working
there not one can be seen smoking or
chewing. so 1t is evident that they sub
scribe to the doctors belief on this
point.
Within a block Of the general store
and on the same side of the Sheridan
road is a handsome country residence.
Costly lace curtains hang at the win
dows, and the furniture and ornaments,
what can be seen of them from the out
side, denote luxury and good taste.
Beautiful trees dot the wide grounds,
and a group Of men were busily sod
ding the lawn that runs down to the
roadway. This is DR.. Dowie's home
when he comes to Zion, and it is kept
ready for his arrival at any moment.
The house is not an erection of the doc
tors, but was on the property when he
bought it.
The people already gathered at Zion
are mainly foreigners-English, Scotch,