The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

body and a strict enforcement Of the
/, law will be asked for, even though
!, the state militia will be necessary to
be called out to enforce it.
Next September and 6 several
thousand people will como to Nauvoo
from surrounding towns to attend
our old soldiers reunion. We will
not have to depend on the proposed
interurban line to bring them here.
The automobile route is swifter and
| more convenient.
Travelling men who arrive in Nau-
VOC say that the business Of the
country is picking up in every line.
They say there is the prospect Of
this fall being one Of the best for
all feeling in the best Of spirits at
the outlook Very few business men
in Nauvoo are complaining of bust
ness depression at this time.
We have had no mad cog scare In
Nauyoo this summer, but it's won
der for the dogs were running at
large, unmuzzled.
Real estate deals are few and far
between in this grand old town. We
are all waiting for that interurban
line from Fit Madison to Nauvoo to
begin work. 1t ia possible that Nau-
VOC people will pass another winter
without railway transportation facili-
ties.
We know our opinions are of little
weight generally, but we kave fail
ing for saying what we think, and
when we say what we think in this
column and the think comes true, we
never get bit of credi. for it, but
II it is the reverse, oh, my!
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
is going to be produced in the Maui
VOC opera house on Monday evening,
Sept. 4. Mr.. Primrose will offer one
Of the most notable companies in
America and the production in Nau-
VOC will be as complete as that given
anywhere, where it has lad long
run.
Nalvoo's Civic league ladies' have
secured only about 800 pledged sea-
son tickets for another chautauqua
next year in this old town and 1t is
said that the receipts fell short $50
this year of defraying expenses.
What do the business men and
people Of Nauvoo think this town
ought to do? Lay low and expect
people to come here and grasp the
almighty dollar without an effort?
The Nauvoo Civic league ladies have
accomplished something for this town
that our business men would not
have thought OF or undertaken If they
had lived a thousand years, just be-
cause they would have been afraid
to risk the financial end of chau-
tauQua. The ladies composing the
league in Nauvoo are determined to
have another chautauQua in this beau.
tiful dead old town next year. il per
severance will prevail.
We never follow with this column,
but always lead. We again say Nau-
VOC will have the largest grape crop
she has had in years IL nothing in
terferes from now until ripening
time and nefghboring newspapers can
copy this assertion without fear OF
contradiction Of reliable parties.
Don't knock our grape, but boost.
However, knock is 4 boost when 1t
comes from a "nincompoop."
This column received much praise
for reporting the Nauvoo chautau-
qua's doings daily in this great fam
lily newspaper, the Keokuk Daily Gate
City, which is read by several thou
sand people in Nauvoo and our rural
routes. We ran enough printed mat
ter during the week to fill two coun-
try weekly newspapers.
The Taber lumber yard in Nauvoo
is now completed and is as good If
not better than ever and is being
rapidly stocked with all kinds Of
lumber.
The steamer Quincy Passed this
port going south Wednesday morning
Nauvoo people will have the plea
sure of witnessing one. OF the finest
picture shows and vaudeville stunts
ever seen in this section next Sun
day evening, in the opera house. 1t
is hoped the management will re.
ceive liberal patronage.
The Ladies Aid society of the M.
e. church in Nauvoo met this after.
noon at the home of Mrs. ]. F. Ar
CAST.
Our young friend Henry Lienhard
will occupy the editorial chair in the
Nauvoo Independent office during the
publishers absence on a vacation an I
we now look for this "old reliable"
newspaper to be chock full of local
news and dished up to the patrons in
spicy manner.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. Welts., Mrs. Lou
Argast and daughter Miss Grace,
autoed to Fit. Madison Tuesday after
noon and took in the sights Of the
city.
The marigold is little weather
prophet. Ii the day is going to be
fine the flower opens about 8 or 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, but If We
weather is in store the flower does
not open at ALL
Strangers are still numerous n
Nauvoo and when our grape crop
ripens they will come to this beauti.
full little city in large numbers. We
are boosting our grape crop, NOT
knocking 1t as some critters" do