The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-02
NAuvoo. ILL.,. MARCH :

O1uS, Factory menu u uISVSh> N-iS 49,
ing last week aud selected oficers,
Those who viii represent the COM
psny for the ensuing year are; Geo.
Dachroth, ST.. president: John Lauo-
ersheimer, vice president: Fred
Saln, Jr., treasurer, and A. Arbuckle,
secretary. These four gentlemen
were in Sterling. H.. recently TO con-
fer with the business men OF that
place in regard to the sale of tho
canning corn machinery used here,
| The Nauvco factory will discontinue
| the corn canning on account OF an
! insufficient acreage promised hy the
grower. The officials viii also dis
CONTINUE the canning of the pea
crop as the willow bug is past at
this season and the tomato crop viii
only be prepared in the future unless
the plant Will be removed to some otl,
er part of the city 1t is too bad that
the factory was not built in the frs
place near the business section, but
of course, this bug pest was unheard
of in Nauvoo when this enterprise
was launched. Thus another pay roll
will be considerably curtailed In
Nauyoo and those noises resembling
suppressed sohs are from the calaln-
ity howlers.
The entries for Nauvoo and town
ship Offices for the coming spring
election are not crowding the track
and those who have announced them
selves seem TO have g clear right of
way
Nauvocs township election Will be
held on Tuesday, April 2, and 81 that
time the dry and wet question Will
again be voted on Opinion is about
equally divided as TO the outcome o.
the results after the votes are count
ed. The majority for the vets al the
last two elections was a very small
margin and it would not take mans
votes from. the wet column to make
Nauvoo 8 saloonless town the comins
spring. Nauvoo's city election wiz
occur Tuesday, April Is, when an
alderman from each of the three
wards will be elected
Just. what objections can Nauvoo
people have to requiring that II be
slilt as q steam or electric interur-
ban line7 They DO not expect 1t 10
remain in splendid isolation, untap-
pad by other roads. We do not ex-
pect the Nauvoo interurban line to be
built until the war is settled, and
goodness only knows when that Will
be-
The township spelling matches were
held on Friday Of last week in the
county, except IN Nauvoo, the SUI
perintendent failing TO provide the
words for the contest
The great powers that be appear
TO be doing their best to show our
people what good housekeepers the
Nauvoo wives and daughters are.
Time was when Nauvoo people
owned islands in the Mississippi ris-
no a a
at Keokuk was built, they would have
ready for the stove. They are nearly
all using coal now for the heater and
oil for cooking purposes.
Nauvoo has a citizen by the nams
OF Bird. So far as is known nothing
has been said whether he Is waiting
for the summer months any keeneI
than the remainder OF US.
The city council members OF Nau-
VOC will hold their March meeting
next Monday evening.
A market day sale Is being held
today. Saturday, in the Nicaise build
ing in Nauvoo, and operated by the
grade school scholars for the benefit
of junior Red Cross society.
Thos Baxter had a fine peach or
chard. consisting OF about an acre in
Nauvoo's third ward. 1t was q young
orchard with fine growing trees and
has harvested several fine crops OF
the luscious fruit from them Nov
ne has cut them out because the
peach crop in Nauvoo is so uncertain
on account of the cold winters here
and thinks he can use the soil To bet
ter advantage. II was too bad TO see
this fine peach orchard removed.
TIT 70 Ia IL
ison 20 follow bis profession OF paint
ing and paper hanging He VIII leave
Nauvoo in a few days
Robert McConkey, Nauyoo cit-
zen. has gone 10 Fl Madison, where
he has secured a position with the
Santa Fe railroad
Everyone in Nauvoo enjoyed INT
warm sunshine OF the few days il
February Il IS hoped that March
will behave nicely and giTe Us many
warm, bright days during i-s stay
with Us.
Some Nauvoo citizens ara under the
impression that they cs1 Lawfully
shoot geese and ducks La.s spring
The state game warden has ruled
otherwise. The only open season Is
from August 81 to December IS, and
any one caught hunting these ~ater
fowls this spring vii De prosecuted
Il is getting difficult 10 work up
much interest II zay kind Of public
improvements IN Nsuvoo. Il may be
different when the war il oTe-.
Mrs Matilda CeIle-s WHO died II
! Burlington last week WIS insured in
the Nauyoo Royal Ns5ghoors' society
for 81 600.
| J. u. Schmidt and Herman Berger.
Jr., invited theis club members 20 z
six O'Clock dinner Ias+ Sunday even
| ing IN honor OF their birthdays.
| Mr.. and Mrs John Johnson snte1
tanned a company Of friends n their
! NaUyoo home last Monday eveni1g
| II was The occasion II their tenth
wedding Anniversary 4 fine igncE-
con was served and z general goc9
time enjoyed by al those who were
present The couple we're presented
with number Of useful presents to
remind them Of the Lapov occasion
Mrs. Laura Nestle. well known e.
Nauyoo. was married TO Geo. Z. BOND
IN Fl. Madison, last week The