Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-09
ZION CITY is BOOMING.

Rev. A. E. Arlington, well known In
the San Juan country. is with us
once again, greeting his host OF
friends and making new ones. Mr..
Arlington has been Identified for the
past year with the Christian Catholic
church. and has been connected with
the commercial department of the
church since last November. He is
representing the Zion Lace INDUSTRIES
of which John Alexander Dowie is the
president, This enterprise has been
a wonderful success since It's incep-
ton, Gnld has made a record seldom,
If ever before equaled in the indus
trial world. They have building
covering eight acres of floor space. and
so great is the demand for the output
that all travelling men. except Mr.
Arlington, have been called off of the
road. in order to allow the factory TO
catch up with orders, and Mr.. A. has
been advised to take months vaca-
tion. SO great Is the demand for
these laces. that the capacity OF the
factory will have to be doubled at
once. The output is SO superior that
the European importations have been
supplanted. One Durango merchant
of large experience says that the Zion
product is SO per cent better than that
imported from the old country. The
Durango dry goods houses will carry
these goods.
Zion City, the headquarters OF the
Christian Catholics. has history
which reads like fairy tale. In ht-
teen months time city has been
built of 5000 population. Besides the
lace enterprise, there are several 9th
er Industries established, or about to
be established One of these Will
give the people of the world a chance.
to purchase absolutely pure candies.
Another will manufacture paper boxes
on a large scale.
A temporary tabernacle seating
5000 people has been found far too
| small, so another one seating lb,OOo
| is now being erected These are only
makeshifts to accommodate the Zion
ties until the grand temple is built
and that will not be long" says Mr.
Arlington, for We expand rapidly IN
Zion. 1t will not be long before we
have n city of 10000 population, all
working together harmoniously for
the good of the cause. model city,
where there are no saloons, no vices
of any kind, not even a cigar or
| chew of tobacco; not drug store or
bottle of medicine of any kind in
the entire city. Not a socialistic city;
every man is paid for his days labor.
/ but all work together for the common
good Next October the Zionites Will
send an army 900 strong to New
York City, to do evangelistic work.
1000 strong to capture the Pacific
coast"
Mr.. Arlington has just returned
| from the Pacific coast country. He
reports everything very prosperous
out there. California is making won
derful strides to the front, and is de-
veloping rapidly Times are good
there Los Angeles Will be the Chi
cago of the west. Crops are good
and good prices prevail. Further
north the conditions are also prosper
GUS Seattle is having a great boom,
and 5000 building permits have been
issued in that city recently. Portland
and other coast cities are also grow
ing rapidly"
Mr. Arlington will visit several 9th
er towns in the San Juan country
and will then probably proceed home
ward He is a pleasant gentleman to
meet, and an enthusiastic worker for
the new faith which he has adopted.