The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-08
hAUvoo. ILL.,, DEC. ..

Calling attention to the fact that the
people,s demand for apples Is increas-
| ing from year to year, an expert nortr
culturist asks to know why Nauvoo
doesn't lean more toward the planting
of it's land into orchards. The apple
crop of Nauvoo this year was valued
at several thousand dollars, many car
loads being shipped out OF the CITY
! besides those sold for home consump-
ton. Nauvoo has several nne large
orchards, and the owners have given
the subject Of raising apples serious
consideration and declare that Nauvoo
could easily grow all kinds OF the best
sellers thrown on the market on acres
adapted for the culture OF orcnaros.
IIf this Nauvoo experts calculations
are correct. it-looks as II NauVoo
might be overlooking good bet. A
lcron of apples IL almost assured since
the science of spraying orchards mas
been learned.
Wouldn't It be nice thing II Nau-
VOC could hold an open air holiday
ifete on Christmas eve and New Years
eve? There could be . towering
christmas tree brilliantly Illuminated
with 4 blazing star above 1t. The pro
gram could include folk DANCES and
anthems and carols by school children,
paeeantry and instrumental music,
and the Nauvoo Civic league ladies
might take the celebration In charge.
The means Of defraying the cost OF the
celebration should be by appeal to pub
! lie generosity. There can be no doubt
as to the response. The effort would
bring the children of Nauvoo into a
new relation with the holiday spirit.
II will give q new holiday meaning to
elder Nauvoo. It would be in very
real and fine sense the democracy OF
ijo1ousness.
Nauvoo's city council members will
meet again next Monday evening In
special session at the request OF Mayor
%. J. Baxter The nature OF the bus
mess to be transacted was not made
known.
The Nauvoo ferry boat may go into
winter quarters In short time. Capt
~. W. Reimbold has had a long and
prosperous season with his little cralt'
between Nauvoo and Montrose.
FLOYD Heberer. Nauvoo's garage and
livery man announces he will make
regular trips every Tuesday and Wed.
nesday with his automobile. With
Floyd in the passenger business and
Ed Reimbold IN the freight business.
between Nauyoo and Keokuk, this
winter, our people will be able to pull
through until spring time comes again.
Some one suggested that Nauvoo
cftv dads should eradicate the fly next
season by rigid city ordinance. In
the end Nauvoo would find out 1t is
much easier to swat the fly than to
enforce a rigid city ordinance.
Nauvoo's C. c. basket ball players
are the best in this section, they say.
We editor won comp. ticket to their
show in any game. =,
Rayard Baxter Of Leavenworth,
Kansas, and Miss Alden Snyder OF
kankakee, Ill, are in Nauvoo visiting
cir father, Mayor r. J. Baxter.
Mayor e. J. Baxter OF Nauvoo has
been in Princeton. ILL.,, during the week
attending a meeting OF the Northern
Illinois Horticultural society.
We will soon ind clew to winter
| in Nauvoo.
Nauyoo has some young fellows you
can't rat a laugh out OF unless you get
! an something mean about some young
woman. They'd better have q care.
Nauvoo's Priscilla club was enter
famed by Mrs. Fred Schoell Thursday
afternoon Of this, week at her comfort
able home on South Twelfth street.
The ladies had q most enjoyable time
taIkinp about this and that and some
I body else, doing and showing fancy
needle work, after which An adjourn
ment was taken to the dining
room where a table was laden
With a dainty luncheon. after which
good. bys we're said to meet again next
Thursday II their Christmas shopping
don't interfere.
| Nauyoo's Score club may give an.
other dance in our opera house on