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

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Thursday evening OF next week, II
the present show company, who are
occupying the bill boards do not re-
main for another weeks stand.
When the time comes for securing
and identifying a park site for Nau-
VOC monument to all the mayors of
the city heretofore somewhere IN a
conspicuous place in the park would
look well.
Speaking In round numbers, Nauvoo
approximately has within It's boundar-
les, several thousand acres Of land
ares and the most fertile acres OF the
earth's service. Nauvoo has but q
very small part OF the eartil's popuIa-
ton and all white residents and more
wealth than any city of its size in the
United States. Well. we reckon!
The newspapers at this time are re-
cording their predictions Of the wealth
er We are to have the balance Of this
winter. When the high-brow scientific
ducks at Washington tell US that we
shall have an extremely cold spell"
Oh q certain date we'll leave our over
coats at home, and when they give no
tice OF warm wave" put on our ex-
ira heavy underwear. The actual win
ter months begin on December p as
well as 1t being the shortest day of
the year and after that the days will
begin to lenghten and cold begin to
strengthen.
Telling the people how their money
Is spent is a part of a constructively
alert newspapers program for making
a constructively alert city. A means
should be- found to compel Nauvoo's
|city council memb ers to publish their
proceedings in the local papers like
they do in Keokuk.
John johnson left for Moline, H.,
this, morning to seek a position in the
Viele auto works there. If John gets
and holds the position, his wife and
children in Nauvoo will move to the
up river city.
Ollie Gorchl1 Of Nauvoo has left for
Peoria to work with Stone & Web
ster company His wife will remain
with her parents in Sonora township
for awhile until her husband creates
q home.
Nauvoo's schools will probably>enjov
q Christmas vacation extending from
Friday evening, December %, to Tues.
day morning. January. 2, 1917.
Saturday Of this week ends the hunt
ing season for quail in Illinois. /.
Nauvoo's automobile ordinance
seems to be a dead letter for little or
no attention is paid to it since 1t was
passed some weeks ago.
hat Nauvoo man as reported, is
living on brandy and eggs. is incredit-
able. We refuse to believe the egg
part OF it,
The Nauvoo commercial college bas-
ket ball team will play a Ferris, ILL.,,
team in that city tonight, Friday and
the Nauvoo high school team will play
the Elvaston's on the same evening.
After the Nauvoo-Ft Madison inter-
ur.an line is completed Nauvoo will
be thinking Of limiting its skyscrapers
to twelve stories. This town realizes
that it has got to draw the line some.
where.
DR.. Geo. Marley of Keokuk was a
Nauvoo visitor last Thursday.
Nauvoo's minute flremen held a
short practice meeting last Tuesday
evening and inspected a few fire plugs
near the engine house.
Do AC now. There's son1ethfnp un-
trustworthy about the resolution we
wait until January / to make.
The case against Nauvoo saloon
keeper for an alleged sale of LIQUOR H.
legally some time ago will come up fdk
hearing in q Carthage court next Mon
day. Dec. IL.
You, seldom hear of Zeal estate
deal sin Nauvoo these days, but wait
until that Nauvoo and Fl. Madison in
iterurban railway line begins construc-
ton work, which begins next spring.
and then ground will be moving from
one hand to another and prices like
that of food stuff will be soaring sky
high.
Members of the Catholic church con-
gregation in Nauvoo are arranging q