Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-02-01
NOW RESIDES IN PORTLAND.
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aud lay before him the great scheme q
establishing q city near Chicago fol
giving homes, employment and religious
life to all the followers of the Dowie
church. The CO operative Industrial idea
appealed to the banker. He resigned
his position in the Commercial National
and with DowTe went out and esta ablish.
ed Zion City with it's great lace factory
box factory, candy factory, printing
house and one or two other large in
dustriaI plants. employing in the ag-
gregate many thousands of people, all
adhere" of the Dowie faith. Barnard
bad entire charge of the department Of
practical finance and business. Dow 9
was the spri ual head of the city, and
whe he wanted money simply made
his requisition on the banker.
The relationship existed six years, al
though the two men proved to be dla-
metrically opposite in temperament.
training and method. Barnard was the
leve-he4ded. calm calculating inancer,
careful in everything and Jealous of his
business reputation, while Dowie, it is
said, was impulsive, imperious, un-
reasonable and wholly without practical
business ability. 1t has been said that
he fr quently drew on the treasury for
incredible sums, to be expended by
himself to carry out whimsical ideas
without consideration or hope of profit,
and when Barnard refused to supply
the money he generally grew furious and
kept on insisting that it must be forth
coming
When the treasury was practically
empty, as was oft the case as resu t |
of his financial follies, he would insist |
that the money be raised. 1t is said
at one time he made a demand on the
bank for $50 QUO, when there was no
money in the treasury, the yonng in
dustries were languishing for want of
capt. and many of the people were
litera y without food.
Jonn Alexander Dowie is native of
Scotland. He became Q travelling
preacher, and drfted to Australia,
where he is reported to have been in
Jail several times for various trihing
nfractions of the laws and ordinances.
His first appearance on the Pacific coast
Was made at San Francisco, abou! 1888
when he started on trip around the
World, lecturing as he went. He ar
ived at Chicago at the time of the
opening of the Columbi exposition.
'eei an opportunity to make himself
widely Known by addressing great
'rowds that would attend the exposition
le decided to remain in Chicago, and
ented n hall on the south side, where
le began the career that has made him
character of national, if not interna-
ional. fame.
At first he attributed his cases of
lea ing entirely to God. There is no
ueston among those who were in
imately acquainted with his early work
hat be affected manv seemingly mar
elous cures. Sub. .tantial business men
'ere among mis- friends and followers,
ttracted solely by his work of healing,
members of their families being num-
ered among the benefclares. he was
hus enabled to surround himself with I
nen OF ability and character, and with :
heir practical assistance the Zion City s
roject rapidly took definite torn and C
Or some years promised to be WONDER
n success.
Then Dowie is said to have become "
utfed up, arrogant and dictatoriaI, be .
ewing himself to be the whole power
nd br4ins of the enterprise, and con-
tantly interfering in all departments
nd debating the methods to be en-
loyed by their heads. He hlossomed
ut second "Elijah" and publicly =
rocl lined that he was the reincarna- !.
on Il he prophet who ascended to HIs
eavrn in chariot of fire, according to a
iblical history. Things went from bad
o worse in the financial affairs of Zion. .