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- y L St roatx Avis N~ | I % A gl . =1 Groix 2\ —~% s N ! " 75TH YEAR THE SI. ERUIA AVE i 3 printed and pudlishel dwily (Sindays and Holidvys excepted) by G. Jorunsen at the Avis Office. . "o R M3---50 cents monthly 1n advance, 2 cents per single cop)y. Lntered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christiwse- sted, St. Croisy V. L of the U. 8.¥.. un- dor the Aét of March 3. 1879 e Contribution to this paper willb glad- lyreceived when the same deals wit: mat- ters of gemeral interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, 18 a quar- antee of good faith. The editor carnot be responsible for the views of his corrzspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. CARRIER PIGEONS AID FORESTERS. During the recent severe forest fires in’ certain sczetions of the West, cacrier pigeons were successfully employed to convey messages from fire fighters "‘at the front’’ to headquarters. The test of the birds for this use was on a limited scale but has encouraged the Forest Ser- vice officials to belicve that they cin be employed profitably on a larger scale. The experiment lends special in erest to a plan which 1s being considerel for co-operation between the Departmeat of Agriculture and the Navy Departinent, under which the ecarrier pigeons and equipment of the latter department may become availaole. To esrablish a sue- cessful carrier pigeon system it wiil be necessary to lay plans during the coming winter, to have the posts properly located, and g.t the birds acclimated and begin tieeir training. Flights of 600 miles in a- - day have been made, while a dis- tance of 140 to 200 miles means a two or three hour flight for the average bird. Since the distance which would be cver- ed in Forest Service work are coasider- ably less than this there appears to be no difficulty in this regard. In most instances the flights from fire fighting_ headquarters would be considerably less than 50 miles. The value of the dirds would be particularly great in mountain- ous regions where travel is diffeult. Every Day Life. LOANS TO BOYS AND GIRLS « Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lent to club boys and girls on their personal notes by southern ban zers, Whosg:! confidence has not been betrayéd in any known irstance. : CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. U. S. A.,, MONDAY. 15tH DECEMRER 1919. A banking system in Mississippi, thrcugh its 15 banks, last year lent be- twean $12,000 and $15,000 to the boy and girl club members of the State. This spring the president of this system told the State boys’ club agent that out of these loans, a thousan! in numbér, there had not been a singic p 2ce of bad paper. Mary of the boys were tae sons of men who could not get eredit ac a.bank. The boys and girls in Mississippi borrowed, in all, during th> year 1913, $40,000 from the banks to purchase seed eorn, pure-bred pigs, calves, and other live stock, and so far as is known, every loan has been repaid. The banks in Kansas lent the javenile elub members of tt.at State $75,000 last year with which to carry on their elub work. and were ready to loan more if it had been needed. The members of the boys’ and girls’ clubs, which are organized by the De- partnent of Agrieulture and the State colleges,are taught by their leaders to look upon these obligations as sacred and bind ng.—lbid. 3 ' "N & g Just In Time For The Season a fine and vagged assortment of LAL'IES TRIMM;', and UNTRIMMED : HATS alsn FLOWERS, FEATHERS and a few GENTS' WHITE TROPI- CAL RELMETS. J, C. CANEGATA’S . : Dry Goods Store. No. 28{ CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 8.30 THIS EVENING 8.30 i 6 ] Y 9 -~ “The Buli's Eye. EFPISODRS: 17 & 18. ; CHAPTERS: 33, 3}, 35, & 36. REMEMBER: This is the last show of “THE BULL’S EYE”. See how North and Sweeny receive their just punishment for all their crimes, and see what happens to Cody.” Show concludes with A Ist Class Comic. | ADMISSION, . e Gerntir_al?l-?itmxja'n(‘e. s 2(lc ‘L AN Extraordinary Seneral Meeting of = The St. Croix Club is hereby called to take place in the Club Rooms on SAT- URDAY the 27th. December 1919 at 5 o’clock p. m. All members gre urgently requested to attend. " Christiansted, St. Croix, December 9th. 1919. : For the Board, WILH. JENSEN. : Secretary. DANISH M/S. due St. Thomas 25th. Will accept freight for Copenhagen. Advise % H. BOJE, Christiansted, JEAN PETERSEN, Frederiksted. e S Call At This Offi AND SEE OUR STOCK OF Ghristmas and New Year Cards,