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# s Publication. IT is hereby brought to public no- tice that the Government has, this date, authorized the Reverend THOMAS GUMMER, C.SS.R., to perform ecivil-religious functions in the Municipality of Saint Croix. Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Saint Croix, 19 April, 1923. J. J. GAFFNEY, Government Secretary. CARD OF THANKS. . .8 W o . Mr. Quincy Adams and family beg to express their sincere thanks for all sympathy showa them in thewr late sad bercavemendt. IL.OCAL 1} line of rain was measured at the Fort this morning. S. S. Marina arcived here at 2.30 p. m. on Saturday, larded passengers, cargo and forty bags mail, and sailed for Fred- eriksted an hour l:ter. ~ Tre Industrial Band delivered a popu- lar concert last night, which was appre- ciated by a large gathering assembled. The Christiansted Theatre is offering this evening a conplete drama en iled **Handcuffs or Kisses’’; see program 01 first page of this issue, ; Sati | Attention is invi.ed «w the correspon- dence in this issu- from Prof. of Geology. | Kenp. A water sapply for St. CroX is now, more thai: ever, one of the vital | questions touchinz this island’s we.fare, ; T e | the farew:l sermon of Rev. A, E. ' Jens n at the moy:ning service of the 2T 110 AT ST. MARY’S MOVIES Tuesday, April 24th, 1923 ‘8.15 P. M. JACK PICKFORD IN “BILL APPERSON’S BOY”. Lutheranchurchy. erday was largely at- tended and feelint .v received by the con- gregation on whose hehalf the clerk, Mr. Alex. Creagh, read a partinz address and presented 2 purse ihe acceptance ol which was acknowledoed by Rev. Jensen in appropriate terms. The address was enclosed in a red satin case with the min- isters initials A. E. J. embroidered in white. 'ell ¢..osen musie, and singing by the cheir add2d much to the impress- iveness of this touching oceassion. It is understonod that Mr. H. Berg will tand for election for Christiansted country distriet, and Mr. D. Hamilton Jackson for Frederiksted town in the forthcoming elections for members for the Colonial Council. From the Postal Bulietin of the 13th., inst., it is noted that on the 11th a fraud order was issued against Einar Mikkel- sen, Valke 'orflsgade 13, Copenhagen K., Dermark, and that all mail address- ed to this party will be returned to send- ers stamped ‘‘Fraudulent: Mail to this address returned by order of Postmas- terGeneral.”’ JAMES F. KEMP? ! 52 NASSAU ReAD GREAT NEcK, N. Y. ; CHRISTIANSTED ST.Croix. V.l, | March 25th, 1923 i H. H. HoucGH | Captain, U. S. N., | Governor, Virgin Islands. | SIR: | ln accordane” with our conference and | your request of March 10, I have the hon- | or to submit the cone'usions which I have | reached regarding the water supply of St. Croix from subterranean sources. The problem of underground water sup- | ply turns upon the loeal geology. There- fcre byway of introduction 1 summarize the tormations ard structure, | There are two sharply contrasted geolo- oical formations, of diffeorent character and age- an older series which 1 will call the Mount Eagle Series: and a later which T will eali the Kineshi'l Series. | §ScHOOL ATTENDANCE REPORT No. 32. Week Endirg April 20, 1923, ; Municipality of St. Croix. Per- Percent of cent of Pupils not Attend- School Class tardy. ance. Frederiksted Senior High 93.00 100.00 Christiansted Jr. High 99 09 100 €O [.a Vallee Rural 100.00 100.00 Frederiksted Public 9i.506 99.70 Frederiksted Jr. High 95 43 99.05 [.a Princess Rural 100.00 91 27 Petet’s Rest Rural 100.00 96 60 Friedensfeld Rural 9445 95.70 Diamond Rural 100.00 95.74 Christiansted Publie 97 35 95..6 THE MCUNT EAGLE SERIES consists almost entirely of fragmental volcanie rocks, such as are yielded by explosive outbreaks ard are scattered far and wide from the vent. The particles are gernerally smellin Bt. Cicix ard where they have fallen in the sea and have leen depesited in beds by the ‘waters, they yresent a stratified appearance and resemble (rdinary sediments. ‘lhLey are, however, now compacted and hardened to a very dense rock. Ina few places, notably in the Salt River Hills and th2 Mount Eagle range, coarse firagnents up to several inches in diameter are min- gled with the fine volcanic azh In a few places solid rock from lava flows or intrusive dikes is also involved. Obviously there were & few intervals between explosive nutbreaks when animal life in thegform of corals and small organ- isms with caleareous shells could live ¢n the sea bottom and furnish {rom their hard parts the material for a relatively small development of limestone which is interstratified with the other bads. These older strata of the Mount Eagle series have experienced great disturb- ances such as acecompany mountain up- heavals and are now stilted from her original horizontal position to prevailing- ly steep inclinations. The inclinations range most frequently from sixty de- grees with the horizontal to the vertical. Rareiy they are below forty-five. As a whole the series consists of dense rocks, not at all porous or open-textured and the chief cavities in which water micht gather are fortuitous eracks and joints; which might indeed be locilly more abundant than elsewhere, but which can- not be foreseen from the suriace. The later or KINGSHILL series rests upon the upturned edges of the older Mourt Eaule series and was deposited upon them after the tiiting and disturb- an2es which the Mount Kagle suffered and long afier cessation of volcanie activities. The Kingshiil series consistso of white or ecream eonlored, soft lime- stones, chalky beds and marls. 1 haveg only once seen a bed which was at all sandy. The strata are no! very perme- able to waier; by no means so much so