Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-06

platform of their own and took the
name OF Independents, Then came
the war for an open city and the In
dependents gained the day So on
the twentieth Of April last this city
was thrown open to the world
Marshal Field Co of Chicago having
previously purchased the great lace
industries here have bought large
| ly of land and built new bank and
contemplate bull ding several bust
ness blocks soon. There are now
about seven Numbered people employed
in the lace factory, mostly women and
girls over Is, and they still need 80
OF 40 women. Many elderly ladies
are doing the lace at home; it is
woven very wide. We draw a certain
thread and seperate it. also do scallop-
ing aud clipping. They have put in
20 new machines lately and weave
bedpsreads, handkerchIefs, tape,' lace
curtains etc.
There is no tobacco nor liquors al
lowed in this place, never has a
physician lived here nor one employed
here until last winter when | hear
one was called at the North Shore
Inn. But last week one hung out his
sign and some drugs were brought
in. This makes US feel very bad-we
who have trusted God for our health
so many years and have been wonder
fully healed many times.
The first teaching here was beauti-
full even the school children, when
they get hurt, go to one side and
kneel down, asking God to heal
them or they pray for one another.
In passing the stores in the morning
at o'clock you hear the voices of
prayer and singing.
Now I must tell you the funny,
part. The stores which started with
the city are called the general stores,
two stories high and 1 should say
from 100 to 200 feet long, in which
every thing sold were combined, from
jewellery store to bakery, candy
factory AMI harness shop. The re-
ceiver is selling everything to settle
up the mortgages against the Zion
! City estate. A few weeks ago a man
by the name of Beatty, from Chicago,
bought the general stores for $75, 600
starting a great clearing sale to make
hn
clerks who had a t job for years,
having turned Voliva's people out
long ago, stood behind the counters
and sold goods to the Independents
who would not buy a penny's worth
from Voliva TO save his life; the great
sale went on till they sold $50, 600
worth of goods, many coming from
the surrounding country on the day
the sale closed, Mr. Beatty paid al
the employees off and Voliva came in.
took possession and put his clerks
behind the counters, and the others
were all out of a job. How funny it
seems when we go up town to see
those who were behind the counters so
many years now lettering on the
street corners. Voliua moved the
contents of his big stores in, had pos
session of all groceries and meat
markets in town, so they had to buy
of him or 60 hungry. 1 heard
man say to another on the street IF
you get hungry come down to my
house.
They went to Chicago, AZ miles,
and bought few groceries and dry
goods which they are selling from two
tents and a small building, with as
many groceries on the street as in
side. In just one week meat
market was started in what had been
Voliva's bar Der shop
So the man Beatty was Volivaite
as they are called in Chicago, and
worked game on the receiver and
Independents to get the stores and put
the others out of business. There
was great CONSERVATION among the
people when they began to realize
what had been done. A Subscriber
Zion City, ILL.,, Sept 25, 1909.