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ini ‘o Nntirp Administrator’s Nofice. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | OF THE UNITED STATES. GHRISTIANSTED SUB- JUDICIAL DISTRICT. [N THE MATTER ¥ THE ESTATE OF ROSABELILA BENNERS. DECEASED. OTICE is hereby given, that A. E. STAKEMANN, Administrator of the above entitled estate, having filed in | the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States, his final account of the administration of the said estate, the hearing of the same has been fixed for n i the 12th day of May A.D. 1923 at 10 e’clock a. m. of that day, | at the Office of the Judge of said Court | in the Town of Christianshed, Island of | St. Croix, and a!l persons interested in the said estate are hereby notified then | and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said account | should not be settled and allowed. | Christiansted, St. Croix, April sth 1923. | A. E. STAKEMANN, | Admainistrator. | OFFICIAL NOTES. Lieutenant Commander William S. Zane, Supply Corps, U. S. Navy. now on duty in the Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C., will sail on the U. S. S. Hen- derson on May 1, 1923, to relieve Lieu- tenant Commander Gaffney as Govern- ment Secretary of the Virgin Islands. Cemmander Gaffney will have as his next duty the Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. Commander Gaffney has served in the Virgin Islands two years and four months, with former Governors Oman and Kittelle as well as with the present administration. His detachment comes in the regular course of rotating officers assigned to civil government. 2 Le EDITORIAL. In the Herald of yesterday the editor makes a strong appeal to the deputation ot the Colonial Courcil shortly expected to meet the Secretary of the Navy and the congressional party at St. Thomas, to urge these islands’ need and wish for a civil form of goverament to replace the present administration. The Herald helds that the administration of the is- lands may be run on the limiied means at disposal, which is to say, local taxes, and other revenu> accruing to the Colo- nial Treasury of the islands, and that the regular yearly appropriations now ftF 1y A1 received through the Navy should be cut out, and appropriations tor constructive work for the develozment of the islands’ economic status nbhtained otherxi : from federal funds when needed. "~ nere is arcument in the guestion as y:present- ed: a spirit of economic indepr ndence is disclosed in the aim to have the is- lands assume the responsib’"7, mor- ally and financiallv,- for their upkeep, which is commendable; but it is in- deel a tremendous question whether we can really venture to handle the task involved in such a change. Somg people have the opinicn that the navy personnel here is paid from the appro- priations made by ongress for use in these islands, but to the contrary only a few civil officials receive their pay from federal funds at a. and the navy per- sonnel is simply psid their salaries as navy officers, with the requirement to perform civil duties in the government of these islands: hence it will be seen that even with a reduced staff with which we could probably manage, the budget would at once be overbalanced by expenses which we now haven’ to consider. The revenues too are very mea- gre despite some study of taxation for increasing them, and with the poor agri- cultural returns being experienced it *yvould appear that we are facing a grave s nation which something else than tax- ation is necessary to solve. Then there is the medicat service to be considered. Shall wa from our own resources be able to maintain this service at its presenf® standard? And who would like to see that standard lowered ? 'Tis true we hope to be well, and we won’t all be sick at or =, but an efficient medical de- partment is worth so much to a commu- nity that it is haiw *~e~v what compensa- tion we could afford to exchangeit for. ¢* course, our views are not necessarily the views of everybody; there is possibly a diversity of opinion on the matter. Our position as here expressed does not mean that we consider the present naval form of administration the ideal one for the islands. but we do feel that with our present depleted treasury accommoda- tions for a purely civil government of our own choice and make, it is the is- lands’ salvation, and, as conceded by those of opposite thinking, it is efficient and practical. OCAL The West End News, a daily journal started in 1912, and published in Freder- iksted, by Mr. A. Ovesen, later on sold to Mr. B. Brandt, till then of this office, and ultimately owned and edited by Mr. D. Hami.ton Jackson, threw up the sponge on March 31, and is now suc- ceeded by the Agricultural News, a daily, issued under the same management. The Agricultural News will be published in the interest of what its name implies, and its editorial policy, as outlined, has no political tendency in so far as @ri- "ultural interests are not endangered. The sloop ‘‘Mizpah’’ with the wmid- week St. Thomas mails arrived here at 11.45 a. m. yesterday. The schooner Vigilant is keeled over at Protestant Quay having her bottom cleaned and repaired. Mr. L. Plaskett’s lecture and demon- stration on spiritnalism on Wednesday evening was well attended zlthough the weather was very unfavorable. He will hold a series of these meoetings at tle place mentioned in his advertisement and it is believed that those who attend will find them interesting. States mail via the s. 5. 'Guiana’”’ was received in this town by return of the mail-car at 6 00 p. m. yesterday. Holy Cross Church at Upper Lcve has been presented with a new bell, the gift of Mrs. Sigismunda Hansen, 1n memory of her deceased husband L. IV Hansen, who was chief engineer of the Lower Love Factory during the regime of Capt. Blackwood, and who with his family resided for many years in that distriet, at kst. Lower Love. The bell, which is not a very large one, but is well propo-=iioned to the size of the church, and has an excclient tone, was made by the well known firm of bellmakes, The Menecely Bell Co. o1 New York City. and was selected and sent out, at the request of the donor, by the Rev. Fr. Whitehead, who was lecently Rector in charge of the parish. After the consecration of the bell by the Rev. Fr. Banks on Easter morning at Ba.m. o’cloek. it was rung for the first time by the donor, The work of erection was done by Mr. F. Cortina of Frederiksted, and the bell bears the following inscription: - 'n Memoriam L. ¥ HANSEN N. MDCCCLVII O. B. MCMXXII Ab Uxore Ejus Sigismunda Ad. Maj. Gloriam Dei. - Contributed. : TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. St. John, N. 8., April 2nd.—The St. John Board of Trade has taken up the matter of the tenders for the West India Canada Steamship Service, acting on ex-