The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-08
-PON the western coastiand Of II
Michigan. forty-two miles nortn

Michigan. fOrty-tWO miles north
Of Chicago and just south of the
Wisconsin line, there lies a city Of TO-
900 people. where three years ago were
quiet farm lands in the most rural cor
ner of Illinois. Now every afternoon
sees carloads Of the curious from il
civilized lands returning from a visit TO
this newborn city. which is coming TO
have a day assigned ft as certainly in
the globe trOttcrs "iter' as in that Of
the local sightseer. The place is Zion
City, with the prettiest station house
on the Chicago e. Northwestern rail-
way for It's portal, and one of the most
remarkable men Of the period for its
center of interest and Of energy. Ten
years ago John Alexander DOwie was
almost unknown except I'm Australia.
Today he is the best abused man Ia
America and is known by way of no.
toricty. throughout the world; yet to
the most of mankind, outside his band
of followers. what the name truly
stands for is as little known as I'm the
case of Prester John or the mahdi.
The site of Zion City viewed by the
visitor from the shore Of Lake Michi-
gan, rises from the flats. a gently roll
ing prairie land, dotted here and there
with copse and woodland until four or
five miles TO the westward and more
than 175 feet above him the opposite
boundary vanishes beyond the sky line
To is noticeable that this city Of 1000
homes punches its houses in no one To-
Calfty. but they are scattered over sew
erai square miles. Nearly all of them
are Of wood. even to the public build
ings. but here and there is a more sub
stantial structure Of brick or stone,
and the college which is nearing COM
pletion is an imposing mass of the lat
ter material from the Bedford quar-
ries.
One Church Enough For Zion.
At the center Of a wooded park Of $50
acres about a mile from the station,
lies the great tabernacle-the only
church fin the city-built to seat 200
worshipers A quarter Of a mile away
to the southeast is the college building,
a massive structure three stories In
height Yet as &c stands il Is only one
wing OF the future building, which IS
10 extend along front Of 400 feet
with a depth of rs. Half a mile east
of the tower runs the main thorough
fare. the fine boulevard. called the
sheridan road. which viii soon connect
Chicago with Milwaukee. At its inter
section with the boulevard, up which
one came from the lake TO the taber-
nacle. stands the Elijah HOspice.' the
AOO-fOot hotel, containing $50 rooms,
and the administration building, IN
which is located all the government
ecclesiastical. municipal. financial and
Industrial A block farther to the
south one reaches the Zion general
stores. where i'm twenty departments
nearly all the wares for well-to-do
community are displayed, from turni-
ture and groceries to jeWelry, from
hardware to millinery and dry goods
and books and deliCatessen. Stiu an
other block brings one to the general
market. i'm its three divisions of meats.
dairy products and fruits, and yet be-
yCnd are the plumbing and harness de-
partments, rounding up with Pho
tographer.
Returning across the east and west
boulevard a few rods northwest of the
Administration building. the visitor
comes upon handsome red brick resi-
dence within beautiful grounds RMS
IS shiloh house" the home of the man
who has created the towu-the general
overseer of the Christian Catholic
church. John Alexander Dowie. Around
10 i'm friendly contiguity lie the pleas
ant homes of his Heutenants and de-
partmental managers.
On a tract just east Of the railway
the manufacturing plants are estab-
lished. Here, first and foremost, are
the famous lace works, covering five
acres. with a long and imposing facade
to the west. Here is the candy fac
tory already filing orders by tho
seventy-tOn lot. and the furniture
works, which have made a beginning IN
articles de luxe by providing the Of
fetal and well as the personal abode
OF the general 0verseer with beautiful
workmanship I'm solid mahogany. Here.
too. are the general bakery and the
steam laundry for i'm Zion City manu-
featuring as we'll as trade there IS no
competition from within and it would
be very difficult for any Gentle from
~ pa
which to demoralize prices.
Here is the recently opened publish
ing house admirably arranged for
lignt heat and ventilation and SPLEEN
didIy equipped. This publishing house.
with a 1900 plant is turning out
the weekly edition of the Leaves of
Healing and the semi-weekly edition Of
the Zion Banner with an accuracy of
VrOOfreading and an excellence of me-
chanical finish that would be credit
able 90 a metropolitan journal Here.
finally. is the electric power house
which furnishes light for the city and
propels the printing presses and lace
machines The city is also supplied
with dressed lumber and q good quality
Of common brick from its own plants.
Water IS supplied either from artesian
wells belonging to the city or from
driven wells Of individual ownership.
Dowie over Whole Citv Council.
zion City is Incorporated under the
laws OF Illinois and is governed by
city council, composed of a mayor,
elected for two years. and ten alder
men. five of whom are elected each
year. The present mayor is authority
for the statement thdta there was only
one ticket i'm the field at the recent
municipal election.
But there is another sphere Of gov
eminent which is peculiar to Zion. John
Alexander Dowie is the general over
seer of lions people-15 000 or more
scattered throughout the world. But
his right-hand man and trusty lieuten-
ant. the Rev. John @. Speicher. for
merry physician and later a Baptist
clergyman. is the head OVerseer of Zion
City as the administrator Of eCClcsias-
teal rule. Under him are seven over
seer elders, each of whom has for his
charge one of the seven districts Of the
ecclesiastical map. To these men is
iutrusted the moral and spiritual well
fare of the people. 1t is their business
to receive and administer the tithes
which all members Of Zion IN all lands
must render from their incomes. and
which are appropriated TO the religious
and ecclesiastical promotion Of the
kingdom It is their duty. also. by
hOuse-t0-hOuse visitation. to keep I'm
touch with the life Of the people FOR
reproOf. for correction, for discipline,
which ls I'm righteousness" BY these
means the zeal and devotion Of the
people are to be quickened the solid
arity Of the community maintained and
any disc0rdant elements brought to
notice. and either reduced to harmony