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RESOLVED, That tlie Northern Nut Growers' Association, in 

 Convention assembled, Sept. 23, 1925 record its sense of loss in the 

 death of E. A. Riehl, one of its most prominent members. 



E. A. Riehl, Godfrey, Illinois, prominent nut culturist, died of 

 acute appendicitis January 23d at St. Joseph's hosjjital, Alton, Illi- 

 nois, aged 87 years, after an illness of scarcely 12 hours. Mr. Riehl 

 was active to the end, personally conducting operations in his property 

 and driving his automobile from place to place. Only two days be- 

 fore his death as he stepped from his car he declared that his health 

 was excellent and that he was greatly interested in the prospective 

 meeting of the Northern Nut Growers' Association (of which he was 

 long a member) at his home next fall. 



He was born in St. Louis county on a farm adjoining that of 

 General Grant. He moved to x\lton in 1861 settling on the farm on 

 the bluffs at what is now Riehl Station, seven miles above Alton. The 

 ground was rugged and not very fertile, but Mr. Riehl transformed it 

 into a garden spot which attracted hundreds of visitors. He was 

 progressive to a degree, always open to new ideas, a student and an 

 originator. One of his ideas which bore fruit in his declining years 

 was a chestnut grove. He was the first in Illinois to take up chestnut 

 growing on a commercial scale and was remarkably successful. Last 

 fall and in preceding years he harvested big crops. The damage by 

 blight in Eastern states caused unusual demand for his product, for 

 the blight has not reached his section of the country. He was a 

 prominent grower of peonies and of other flowers at his farm, 

 "Evergreen Heights." He was a member of the Alton Horticultural 

 Society, American Pomological Society and the Northern Nut Growers' 

 Association. 



Also Dr. Dennis, of Iowa, who did much to bring to notice im- 

 proved native nuts. A hickory named after him is regarded by E. A. 

 Riehl as one of the best. At the time of his death Dr. Dennis was 

 actively engaged in work for the advancement of Northern Nut culture. 



ALSO, Dr. D. C. Brockway, Ottumwa, Iowa, died August 21, 1925. 

 He was a well known surgeon and was much interested in nut culture, 

 having a pecan grove in the south. 



ALSO, J. M. Patterson, 77 No. Franklin street, Wilkes Barre, 

 Pennsylvania, who died February 9, 1925. 



(Signed) A. S. Colby, 



Ralph T. Olcott, 

 Robt. T. Morris, 



