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:_(f". e ® " üblication. -*- . - IT 18 herehy brought to public no- tice that the Government has, this date, authorized Rev. WALDEMAR IVAN RUTAN to perform ecivil- religious functions in the Municipal- ity of St Croix. Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, St. Thomas 8 July 1920. . C. C. TIMMONS. Government Secretary. PURSUAN I' to Ordinance of August 19th 1874 it is hereby made known that 1 have received announcement from Mr. Robert L. Merwin, of I"rederikst.ed, who is doing business under the Firm name of Robert L. Merwin & Co., that during his temporary absence fro.i. the Island he has appointed his son Mr. Miles Merwin of Frederiksted to act as his Attorney. The Police Office, Frederikstod, St. Croix, July 9th 1920. WILH. JENSEN. at MRrs. VIGO SHELE’S Property No. 17 King’s Street, Christiansted. APARTMENTS ON TOP-FLOOR. 1 Bedroom, Large Parlofr, Dining Room, Pantrv—including facility of rain and well water, LOCAL. The Communal School building in this town is undergoing repairs and changes during the present summer vacation. The stairways of which there were two inside the building, one at the north leading to the second floor, and another to the south connecting the se‘co#d and third floors, are being transferred to the gallery 1n the street where it 1s believed they will prove more convenient, while affording additional room within *Re building The schooner Vigilant sailed from here on Saturday night last for Fajardo, P. R., with a cargo of 43 head of live cat- tle from different estates here, howers of rain fell Saturaay making the third appre- a a few days. - the price of cattle is some- qmous in Porto Rico and as 24 cents (American money of 18 paid per pound on the hoof. tle in this island have naturally *d and depreciated considerably the prolonged drought which ‘nstrumental in the killing off Nl, C ROy 2N 1= of no small number of young and old ; stock. Just on Sat-rday there was a | tolerably young bull brought in to the | butcher a.d taken to the club yard to be | weigned; the poor animal didn’t have strength enough to stand on its legs and | cflapsed on the scale where it remaifled for a long time untib eventuaily shoveled 1 up and hustled off in a cart in none .of | the gentiest fashion. Meanwhile it lay on the®rround fowls and a turkey®assem- bled and had a hearty feast on the ticks which clung to the unfortunate beast and- doubtless helped to suck the few drops of life blood that supported its exis- | tence. Thank goodness we have now had some rain and there are prospects of some amelioration of this horrid condi- | tion aggravated by the dry weather Patrons of the theatre and ali who | enjoy the movies are encouraged to see the new serial, the sccond instalment of which will be presented at the Chris- tiansted Theatre this evening. This is a film full of pep and so varied in its attractiveness as to furnish entertain- ment to everybody. [t 1s requested to announce that reply coupons can be obtained at the local post office. The reply coupon costs 6 cents and is exchangeable at international post oftices, of countries which have adopted the arrangement, for ordinary postage stamps to the value of 25 centimes, 5 cents. It will be found convenient to use when it is desired to prepay reply postage from, or remit trifling amounts to, international poinis. It is not con- templated to use the reply coupon within | the United States where regular postage | stamps will, of course, serve the purpose, and prove cheaper. | 1 The St. Thomas, Porto Rico and New | York mails, a full truck load, arrived here | at 8.45 Saturday evening and were dis- tributed to the public the same night, and Sunday morning, the post office be- | ing opened for an hour on each oceasion. | The tug Jorge Bird Leon arrived here yesterday afternoon for another cargo of live cattle to Porto Rico. ‘ We weicome back to St. Croix, Revd. | J. R. Mayhew, superintendent of the Bi- | ble Home and Foreign Missionary Socie- i ty,who returned by the Guiana Saturday | morning last, after anabsence of sever- | al months in Barbados and other islands. | All who have been needing optical atten- -| tion will be glad to learn of the Dr’s. re- | turn. | Frederiksted, July 10th. 1920. ; The S. S. '"Guiana’”’ from Windward | Islands arrived this morning at daybreak l bringing the foliowing passengers: | From St. Kitta: "Mr. H. E. Bowen, | Mr. M. K. Armstrong, Mary Nesbit and | child, Olga Warner. Gladys Audain. Cla- ~ rice Gordon and daughter, Beatrice May- . Bey, Mary Smith and child, Mary Barnes, - Martha Barnes, Georgiana 'laylor and . child. From Antigua: Mr. Geo. H. ' Nesbitt, Miss ¢ Abramson, Miss K. ' Sumuel, Miss [. Tuitt. Miss A. White- | head, Mrs. ¥. Latimer and child. | f'rom Guadeloupe:- -Mr. M. Claret, | Mr. W. Greaud, Mr. L. Questel, Mr. D. | Mostachi, Mr. V. Dormont. | F'rom Barbados:—Mr. & Mrs. Leevy é anid granddaughter, Mrs. Grant, Revd. | J. Mayhew, Miss V.Kelly, Mr. P. Gor- don, Miss V. Simmonds. i The ‘‘Guiana is taking sugar for New i York from La Grange and expecis to sail . tonight, | Correspondence. | Christiansted, St. Croix, V.1.. ; 10th July 1920. | To the Editor of the St. Crotx Avis. | Dear Mr. Editor: Can you tell me when the steeple ciock will be putin working order and ' the public afforded a convenience to ' which we have been accustomed ifor a . century or more? Some time ago you | reported the arrival of the new works } and since then no more has been heard aboul puiling them up. The other day ! some workmen were said to be engaged ! on the job, but—- ¢ Yours , MACHINIST. | The arrival of the town ciock was men- | tioned in our news column as any other ' event would be; the editor of this paper | is neither the public works officer nor . any of those upon whom the responsibili- |ty for erecting the clock divulges, We, . too, would iike to see the town o ce more provided with a public time-piece, but ~are absolutely unprepared to furnish in- formation in this connection. [EDp. Avis.] | TELEGRAMS « 3T, CROIX STA i 10N. Ottawa, July Tth.--The resignation of Sir Robert Borden as Prime Minister will take effect on Saturday. *He will be succeded by Hon. Arthur Meighen, Minister of the [nterior, who has under- taken the formation of a new adminis- tration. Warsaw, July 9th.—The Foreign Office today announced that the Polish Gowt. has forwarded a note to the conterence at Spa declaring that Poland is now just as before and aiways readv and wilj- ing to make peace based upon the prin- ciple of self defermination of nations, Copenhagen, July 9th.—The Letts have gone to the assistance of the Poles around Uvinsk, according to the Kovno correspondent of the Berlinske Tidende. The Poles requested the Le ts to take war material, which the Poles were unable to move in their retreat. The