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dministrator’s Notice, IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIR- GIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES. CHRISTIANSTED SUB-JUDICIAL DIS- IRICT, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTA TE OF JOHN ALEXANUER, DECEASED. OTICI is hereby given. that JOSEPH ALEXANDER, administrator of tl_le above entitled estate, having filed in the Distriet Court of the Virgin Islands of the Linited Siates, his final account of the adndnistration of the said estate, the hearing of the same has been fixed ffn_' SATURDAY Tk v lIAY OF MAY A D 19248 100 clielt 2 m. of that dayv. at the Office of the Judea of said Court in ithe towrn of Christiansted, llsland of St Croix, and all persons interested in ihe said estate are nerebv notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they bhave, why the said account should not be settled and allowed, Caristisnsied, St, Croix, April 19th 19.:4. JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Adnunistrator. G 4 k The Now St Croix Savings Bank, INotice of Removal. HI public 1s hereby notified, that the T Chanstiansted office of the above In- stitution, at present located at No. 13 King’'s Street, willon MAY 1. 1924, be removed to ihe property No. 1 B. King's Street, opposite the store of W. Clindi- nen, where deposits and withdrawals may be effected at the usual hours 3 to 5 D, m. and 3 to 4 p. m. respectively. Christiansted, St. Croix, April 19th, 1124, A E STAKEMANN. President, OFFICIAL NOTES. Word was received by toe last mail that the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions will take no pre- ¢cipi-a.e actim on Senate Bill 2786, pro- viding for a permanent form of Civil Government for the Virgin Islands The joint resolution concerning this biil, adopted at the joint session of the Colonial Councils oa April 4, 1924, was trapsmitted in its entirety by radio to The Honorable, The Seccretary of the Navy on the following day April 5, 1924, and word was received that the text of the joint resolution hai been immediate- ly laid before the Senate Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions. £ 14 § V 2 | DISEASES DANGERNUS TO PUBLIC i HEALTH TN THE V}RG’N ISLANDS ! OF THE UNITED STATES. | During the month of March, 1924, the following diseases of interest to the . public have been reporied in the Virgin | Islands: , In Saint Croiz. * Lhicllentor.. .e 2 ' Venie . 0 0 0o ‘ Pydeatery...... ;..; 2 ' Pilagiens . .LB i Thvaeloms.. 0 s ] 5 Tébmealolsa .. ... .. ..s . 8 In St. Thomas.— St. John. | v ... .53 Yol o L Y Tl Y Hiokworst hiemn .. ... & (:3 imported) H. M. STENHOUSE. M. D. . Chier Sanitation Oficer, Municepality of St. Crow. LCLAL The postmaster advises that a s'izht advance 1n the prieces of exchange ‘or . (reat pritain, the Irish Free State and ! Norway has made necessary another . changze in the conversion rates for postal " mouey orders for those covntries, effec- tive this ate, namely &1 50 to the pound . sterling and 15 cents to the Krona, : The Sacred Concert rendered bythe Native Brass Band on the v hart on ISas- ter Sunday nizht was enjoyed by a large gathering. : There was some masquerading in town | yesterday, Easter Monday. | e : DAIRY NEWS. § Mr. H. Jensen, dairy, is leaving the i Cooperative Dairy. The price of butter has soared to R 0 {gents a pound at this institution. ’ PERSONAL. | The engagement of Miss Viola I, E. | Petersen and Mr. Geo. L. Elwards, wus | formerly celebrated at the Petersen | home last night where their friends call- [ ed to add merriment to ihe oecasion- ; Congratulations, | e s | April 17, 1924. ' To th: Editor of *'The St. Croix Avis'.’ i Dear Sir: | As a matter of further ir formation ' to those interested in the op-ration of ; the well driller the tollowing Isa sum- . mary of the work of drilling at Estate | Diamond. {his well is the second to be drilled by ' the aid of this machine. and is of interest i because it is drilled through the newer ' series of rocks, pamely throuegh the { marls and limestones. The first well at | Boetzberg was drilled through the older | series. The material and conditions en- | countered with at Estate Diamond are | thought to be characreristic of the entire | section west of Kings Hill and south of the centre line road, and the results ob- | tained here might, with a few excep- ' tions, be taken as an indication of what can be expected in this region of the i Island. | The well is located about 800’ to the | west of the dwelling house, and on the ! bank of the gutter whienh drains the area | to the north of Sr. yGecrges and Grove ! Place. The ground at this point is about { 70’ above sea level. In driiling the following materials ; were encountered: From the surface to an undetermined but shallow depth, as, . clay gravel containining a large percent- age of clay such us is commonly found in many gutters in this section, fron: this undetermined denth to 507 a light color- ed marl entirely {ree of gravel and con- taining a large percentage of hme, The drilling through 1 2is was very r:p'd and was not distincaishable trom drilling through pure e.av. At 50’ the color of this material char ged to a lighter shade | of buff and sm.i. granalar particies of limestone and ul:o of tae dark eblored older rocks appcared in the wasnines, . The percentage o lime and elay however remained high, Uhis materiat persisied untit the conelusion of operations at a depth of 50’. Piogress thiouch this was as rapid as ihrough the balarece of | the hole;, Water was first sirnck at s . depth of about 52’ trom the surface, it . then rose to a depth of 48’ below the ' surface. A pumping test with the foot i valve at a depth of about 82’ showed . that 1000 gallons, could be pumped ip one I hour starting with the water surface at i 43, ‘lhis lowered the water surtace to | R®l’. .he rate of flow into the we.l with | the water at ¥l’ was about 720 gailons . per hour. This rate was deiermined | over a period es one and a haif hours. After pumping was stopped the water | level rose trom 81’ to 52’ in 20 minutes. ' Its static level appears to be ut a depth | of 45’ below the surface or 25’ above . sea level 1 he total time consumed in drilling the - well, ipcluding transportation from Es- | tate Boetzberg twelve miles away, eon- | ducting a pumping test and unrigging | the machine ready ior transportation to | the pext site was six davs. On this basis ,’ progress was at lthe rate of 15" per dey. | The maximum drilied in one day wus ! 25’. The total cost of drilling only, in- ciuding transporiation and rental at¢ $3.00 per day, was at the rate of $1.25 per {t. ~ The hole was cased with 8" standard ~ pipe for adepth of about 83’. Os this the lower 40’ was drilled with 2’ holes 52 to the foot. ‘The total cost of tue en-