Bluefield evening leader. [volume], November 08, 1906, Image 5

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NEW ZION TO
REPLACE DOWIE’E
GKKATEST ilKLIGIOIS (X)LOM
IN THK WOULD PLANNKD
BY OYKKSKKK VOLIVA.
Wilbur G. Voliva. successor t<
John Alexander Powle as head o:
the C^Mstian Catholic church Ir
Zion, outlined to a company of hii
followers in Kenosha. Wis. Sunday
night plans for the erection of i
new Zion, which he said would mak<
tho greatest religious colony in ttu
world. “My i>ollcles will be as differ
ent from those of John Alexandei
Powlo,” he said, "as day is different
from night. The first command to be
observed in the new city will be ab'
soluto freedom from debt. Neithei
Zion nor a man In Zion shall owe »i
cent.
it is ray plan to establish colonlei
where tho homeless nnd frlendles<
shall be cared for. I shall have r
tract of thousands of acres of land
to which I shall he able to Invite tin
homeless of the world nnd ask then
to take 20 acres and earn nn honesl
living. It will be my plan to build
factories for the workingmen and tc
go down nnd work with them. 1
shall do away with the nrlstocrnth
circle that has grown up In Zion and
all shall be of equal standing.” Vtr
llva declnred that he had no use foi
orthodox churches. ”lf the churehei
of the day,” he said “represent thi
modern religion, I will take thi
platform ns nn Infidel and smnsl
them.”
STOESSEL IN NEED
COMMANDER OP PORT ARTHITl
APPLIES FOR All) TO EM
PLOY A SERVANT.
LONDON, Nov. 7.—A dlspntcl
from St. Petersburg to Reuter's Tel
egram Compnny today says thni
Lieutenant General atoessel,' tho de
fender of Port Arthur, Is In sue!
financial strnlts that ho hns applied
to a charitable institution foi
wounded soldiers for nsslstnnce tf
enable him to employ a servant. Th<
officers of the institution asked th<
General to produce a medical eer
tlflcate showing that his health re
quires tho services of a servant.
CURBING A
GREAT RIVER
*Uie engineers who for many
months have been trying to hrlnj
the Colorado river again under con
trol have finally succeeded. They
have turned the river back Into It
own channel, and It now flows In
its usual course to the gtilf of Cal
if vnia instead of pouring into the
Sal ton sink and wasting tho lands
that had been reclaimed by Irriga
tion. The river, entirely ahandonlnf!
its old channel, had followed Itf
^ lawless cemrse northward destroying
ui.ich property and threatening mil
lions of dollars’ worth of fruit, farm
and grazing lands.
This arid region had been turned
to good account by nn Irrigation
system supplied with water taken
from the Colorado river. ITnfortu
nately, no control works hnel been
built at tho head of the main chan
nel that tapped the river, and the
entrance Into tho canal until the
whole river poured Into it. The nat
ural river channel became dry, and
ns the Irrigation system could not
carry ofT the entire flood flow, there
was a great damage to the ditches
and crops, and a large lake was
formed, covering about 250 square
miles at the lowest pnrt of the sink,
2G0 feet below sea elvel.
Nearly 8000 people had settled in
the basin of the Imperial valley and
were raising excellent crops of bnrley
and alfalfa. They had opened many
stock farms and were raising thf
^ date palm; and the shipments ol
products from this verdant oanli
were said to exceed those of any oth
er town In Southern California. Bui
prosperity was checked by the un
welcome floods, and tho pioneer*
have awaited anxiously the abate
ment of the evil.
They aro now thoroughly convin
ced that too much water Is a nui
sance, and they will doubtless takr
good caro In future to keep this de
sirable commodity duly harnessed
and under control.—New York Sun
y^insel is to be given by the wise
the remedy by the rich.— From th*
French.
Courage Is Are. bullying Is smoke
—Beaumont.
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