The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-02
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NAUvoo, ILL.,, NOV. 2.


Don't rhapsodize impulsively over
November October made a fine start
and gave us some beautiful and nasty
days.
Now that the hunting season has
arrived, it will be good thing to
remember that when the white
people came to this section of NAN
VOC and Illinois they found 1t ovei.
flowing with wild life. Flocks of wild
pigeons were so great that the" OBJ
scured the sun; they were hours
passing a given point and one could
not see either edge of the flock. TO-
day the wild pigeon are gone. A
large share of the pigeons were kill
ed in the name Of sport and many
were fed to the hogs. Even buftalos
were killed IN the country where
they roamed, for their skins and their
meat left to rot on the prairie. To-
day the wild turkey, wild goose, wood
duck and canvassback are on the
way to extinction in many parts. Or
CARNATIONS Of sportsmen are doing
fine work in educating public senti-
ment in this waste and in canvass
ing legislatures. They are demand
ing shorter open seasons, prohibition
of the sale of game at all times, laws
against repeating shotguns, etc.
Every man who goes out hunting
this fall and winter should kill spar
ingly, remembering how our great
heritage of wild life has been squan-
dered and how this section has be-
come tenantless. The taxpayer should
find wild life too valuable an asset
to be slaughtered Unfortunately
Destruction Of useful birds costs the
country hundreds of millions IN the
rayages of insect pests. Furthermore,
should existing game, birds become
extinct. there will be demand from
sportsmen for the restocking OF the
covers with foreign varieties, pro-
ceeding that will involve heavy
charges. Better save the birds now
living. The section from which wild
life has been eXterminated is as
dreary as a house without human
beings. Game is gradually being
driven toward remoter refugees. IN
less the remnant left is care1ully
preserved, hunting in few years
will be mostly a memory. IL IS al
most that now in Nauvoo's vicinity.
Art Voorvart of Nauvoo has re-
turned from Detroit, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs C. Tuffle Of Quincy
came ND to visit their newly mar
ried daughter Mrs. Don Beger, In
her Nauvoo home last Sunday.
Mrs. Nina Rheinbergers mother,
Mrs. J. B. Risse Of Carthage, mas
come to Nauvoo to make her nome
with the daughter.
MIR. and Mrs. Cecil Baxter and
children of Ft. Madison were recent
visitors in Nauvoo, the guests OF the
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z.
J. Baxter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Buckert and
child who have been visiting his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. John Buckert in
Nauvoo for a few weeks. have re-
turned 70 their Louisville. KY, home.
Mrs. Fred Salm, Jr., has had for
the past few Gays for her guests Mrs.
Cvara Helton of Anacartes, Wash,
and Mrs, Anna Hoffman of Dallas
City, Ill. The ladies are relatives Of
Mrs. Salm.
Fred Wolf o. Omaha, Neb., has
arrived in Nauvoo for a visit with
his parents and relatives.
1t will only increase the tax an
average of a few cents for each tax
payer, to build a new city jail and
purchase park site for Nauyoo
Where is the man who would refuse
to pay a few cents more taxes to
provide a Jail suitable for this town
and a fine park that would be con-
slant reminder that these are what
Nauvoo needed for years? We want
his picture for publication.
Mrs. Ed. Simmons of Nauvoo has
been visiting FIT. Madison relatives
and friends.
A. E. Murrey, the Fl Madison
cigar dealer, was among his Nauvoo
customers last Wednesday,.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
E. church met at the home of Mrs.
John Schneider Thursday afternoon
of this week.
The season when it is the proper
thing to insist on muzzling dogs
being past, it is possible for the pub
lie in Nauvoo to give all its mind
TO the problem of muzzling the auto
mobiles.
Numbers of people here who walled
the situation after Nauvoo went
"wet" last spring and Iowa went
dry" because they thought Keokuk
and FIT. Madison would send much
rowdyism here. now find Nauvoo