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CHRISTIANSTED
THEATRE
8.15.
MONDAY EVENING
5.15
EDDIE
POLO
in
“THE VANISHING DAGGER™
.
Episode
5:
THE END OF THE RUSTLERS
Fpisode
6:
A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
»
‘Have you ordered
your tickets
?
ADMISSION
B R
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A
.20
and
400
(zeneral
Eptrance.....
.....
S
90c.
.
Children
20
and
i(!(r_
.
THE
|
Ghristianstad
Co-operative
Dairy
will sell SWEET MILK(whole milk)
at
13
cts.
a
quart
from
January
|
Ist 1922.
|
|
BUTTER
will be sold
at
65
cents
per pound
from above aate.
Amounts
of ten
pounds
and upwards
will be
sold at
60 cts.
per pound.
Ghrigtiansted
Post
Office.
AS
New Year’s Day
falls
on
Sunday,
Monday,
January
2nd.,
will
be
ob-
|
served
as
a holiday at this office and busi-
|
ness
will be closed
at 9 a.
m.
!
We wish all the
patrons
of this office
a°
|
happy
and prosperous
1922.
B. R.
LARSEN,
Postmaster
OF
THE
Y
i
s
9
4
COLONIAL COUNCIL
FOR
ST.
CROIX.
.
AT one o’clock p.
m., Thursday,
Decem-
ber 22,
1921,
the Colonial Council for
St.
Croix
held
its 4th Ordinary Meeting
in the Council Hall in Christiansted.
'
Present
were:
The
Chairman,
(Robt.
..
Merwin), R.
W.
Skeoch,
G. B.
Flem-
ing,
W. 3. Abramson,
D.
S. Armstrong,
A.
V.
Nelthropp,
J.
Alexander,
D.
C.
Canegata,
['. Andersen,
Holger
Jessen,
F. Coulter,
A. R.
Me Intosh,
K. Hender-
son and
M. M. Skeoch.
j
Absent
were
2nd
Appointed
Member
(Noll) and 4th
Member
for Christiansted
|
Country
Distriet (Ramsay).
Fu:ithermore
|
the
“hairman
read
co nmunication
from
|
2nd
Memoer
ftor
Frederiksted
Country
.
et
e Pt
———S
3583
i
District
(Curry)
of his inability to attend
.
the
meeting,
and
aiso
communication
l
from 4th Appointed
Member (Black‘.vood)
|
informing
the
Chairman
of the
Councii
|
of his
absenceé
from
the
island.
His Excellency,
Governor
Sumner
E.
|
W. Kittells, Government
Secretary
(Gaft-
.
ney)
and
Despaiching
Secretary
(Rap-
.
polec)
were
present
at
the meeting.
i
The
Council
was
opencd
with the
ioi-
|
lowingz
prayer
by
the Chaplain
Kev.
H.
|
Figget:
i
Most gracicus
God
we
humbly
beseech
|
Thee=as
for th.e people
of
this
Isiand
in
;
general;
so especially
tor their represeit-
|
ativas
in Council
assembled
that “I'hou
.
would’st
be plessed
to direct
and
prosper
.
all
their consultations
to the
glory
and
|
welfare
of Thy
people;
that
all
things
|
may
be
so ordered
and
settled
by
their
|
endeavors
upon
the
best
and
surest
i
foundations,
that
peace
and
happiness,
truth and justice. religion and piety
may
|
be
estasiished
among
us for all
genera-
tions.
This
we
humbly
ask
through
Jesus
Christ
our Lord.
Amen.
The
Chairman
rewmarked:
Honorable
Members
the miuutes
for the last
meet-
.
~
ing have
been
duly
published
in the
*‘St,
.
Croix Avis’’ and
unless
any
member
has
~
objeciions
to
make
1
will consider
the
~
minutes
as published
tacitly adopted.
:
There
being
no objeciion the Chairmean
~
declared
the minutes
as
published tacitly
~adopted.
|
His
Excellency,
Governor
Sumner
E.
-
W.
Kittelle, then
addressed
the
Council
~as follows:
|
Mr,
Chairman
and
gentlemen
of
the
-
Council, I come
before
you
today
with
no
~
prepared
message,
but
to be
with
you
a
~
few hours,
wishing
that I might be
here
~more
often.
I
am
very
-much
interested
in
the
~
tax
problem,
:nd
concerning
the
pro-
pused
tax ordinance,
|
notice
that
you
~are
making
progress.
An
Impression
|
seems
to
have
been
created
that
the
~
Government
is trying
to impose
upon
the
~
peopie of this island
an unjust
taxation;
01
the contrary,
the Government
is
mere-
ly introducing in these
islands
a fair and
just tax based
pon
Americap principles.
You
wil'l remember
the
Congressional
-
Commission
spoke
of
the
law
under
which
we are collecting
taxes
as archaic;
~
that they are
not in keeping
with modern
life and
conditions.
I have
not
come
to
give
you advice,
but
to remind
you
that
~
we
are
nos
seeking
to
impose
a
heavy
~
burden
upon
you.
|
The
tax law at
home
is much
heavier
'
than
it is
here
in
these
Islands.
I
was
~
much
surprised
to learn
theta large
es-
~
tate
in St. Thomas
was
paying less
tax
~
than I have
to pay
upou
a litile house
of
mine in Washington,
and I am
sure
that
that
property
is
worth
ten
times
more
than
my
property
in
Washingfon;
and
yet
I
am
not
complaining
thet
1
am
taxed
too heavily for my
house.
I want
you
to have
confidence
in your
~
Government
and
pot feel
that it is
here
to
exert
any
oppression.
I
am
not
so
much
your Governor
as I am your helpei;
4
there
is
no
ulterior
motive
in
1y ser-£
vices:
[ am
not
one
of
those
who is
look-
ing
tfor reelection;
I want
the
people
o
feel
confident
in
the
Government.
‘The
farthest
thing from
my
mind
is to
try
and
put anything
“"over’’on.anybcdy,
as
we
express
it
in
the
United
States.
Whenever
I come
before
you I will place
my cards
face
up
on the table.
i'ne
other
problem I am
interested
in
is
the
water
system.
lam
not
prepared
(o
say
what
this system
should
be,
but
1
believe
the
people
should
have
wa-
ter-
to
tide
them
through
-the
dr
spell.
I heardin
one of
the
large cities,
I
think
Syracuse,
.hey
are
enlargirg
thew
water
system
by issuing bonds.
It
15
a problem
that is occurring often,
it is
now oceurring
in
Washington;
Congress
is growling, but it must
be
done.
I think
we
should
reason
this
problem
out
and
come
to some
understanding
about it.
1
have nothing
more
to say
to
you;
1
=
am
called
to
Frederiksted
to say
some-
<
thing
to the children.
I wish
you a pleas-
ant
session,
a
Merry
Christmas
and
a
Prosperous
New
Year.
:
The
Governor
left the meeting.
(7o be continued)
T AL
fomorrow
being
New Year’s Day,
we
wish
all
our
readers
A HAPPY AND
PROSPEROUS
NEW
YFEAR.
The
S.
S.
*‘Pulwico’”’sailed
from
New
York Tuesday
evening, having 67 tons of
cargo for Frederiksted,
and
65
tons
for
Christiansted.
The
8. S.
""Lake Filmore’’ is
expected
-
to leave New York on the 7th
of
Janua-
Iy
The Creole which
sailed from here last
4 luesday
morning returned
here
this
a.
m
and reports
having
arrived at St. Thom-