OBITUARY.
The giim reaper
took
away
a
bright
a1 promising child from
Mr. and
Mrs.
George
Moorehead
of
this
town
when
their littie son Harry,
b years
old,
pass-
el away
on Monday
night.
The
sympa-
thy
of
the
commmunity
was
demonstra-
ted in the large procession
of adults
and
sclool
caildren
which
followed
the
re-
mains.
The address
of Pastor
Jensen
at
the Lutheran
church
where
the
funeral
se 'vice was conducted
was
most
appro-
priate and touching.
This paper
extends
its condolences
to
the
bercaved
parents
and
children.
A CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. and
Mrs.
George
Moorehead
heg
to
thank
all friends
and
ac-
quaintances
who sh.owed
them
sym-
pathy
and
attention
in their
sad
bereavement
caused
by
the
death
of their tittle son Harry.
EDITORIAL.
The question
involving Parade
Ground
and
wro
have
rights
there
and
who
haven’t appears
to
have
some
people
in
a
quandary.
One
side
essays
to
claim
that
the Svitzers
are the
owners
of Par-
ade
Ground
while
others
are
perfectly
satisfied
that
1t is the
property of Saint
Croix
Colonial
Treasury.
It
is
fairly
well agreed,
however,
that
the land
was
acquired
by
this
municipality
by
ex-
change
with
the
earlizar
owners
of
Mt.
Welcome
who
were
allowed
to
retain
grazing
rights.
It
is
also
undisputed
that the plot of ground
was required
by
the
government
for military
purposes
and for this
reason
came
to
be
officially
termed eksercerplals
(drill-ground).
In
all probability it suited
the
Danish
gov-
ernment
at the time
to
extend
the graz-
ing
rights
to
the
ex-owners
since
this
was
a means
of keeping
the
turf in the
right
condition
for
the
purpose
the
government
wanted
the land; this should
not be
lost
sight
of.
KFor rolling
years
Parade
Ground
was
used
by
the garrison
for military exercises,
by Mr. Svitzer for
grazing, and the public for field sports,
picoics,
ete.,
and nobody ever
considered
it a favor
that
the
public
was
allowed
access
to it
since
everybody
was of the
understanding,
a logical one
as
it would
appear,
that
the
land
was
open to the
public for the purpose
it
was being used.
In recent
years
bickerings
began
to aris2
between
the Svi.oz:rs and
the
public and
people
have
been
ordered
off the ground
when
playinz
crick2t
which
was
the
chief outdoor
game
prior to the American
oczupation.
Som:times
the playars have
left
the
fi*la ani
at
other
tim2s
Mr.
Sviwger has
beon detizi and po2hing
more
2y
06
Y
2
Y
2
was heard of the
matter.
A
suit
insti-
tuted
oy
Lawyer
Lemminz
tO
presevve
public righ: to Parade
Ground
was
nuver
carried out,
the
reason
for
dropping
it
not baing made
public..
Since
the
Amer-
ican ozcupation
thz ground
is
no
longer
¢ sed for military purposes,
the
inarires
Faving used
at one
time, Est. Shoys, then
Granard.
and
now
Judith’s
Faucy
the
owners
of
thase
places
being
only
too
pleased
to
let
h: goveroment
have
the
use of land
which i 3 not
otherwise
dis-
posed of.
It is
advanced
that
the Svitz-
ers have the right
to graz?
their stock
on
Parade
Ground and
the
government
to
use
the lznd for milit
-y drill,
but
that
th>
land is not to be
sed for any
other
pu
poses.
The'giesi
n
naturally arises
as
to who
decides
tais.
If the
land
13
the
property
of
the
Colonial
Treasury
and
not the Svitzars,
they
only
having
cer‘ain
privileges there,
then
it is plain
that it
-s net left to
them
to eject
pzople
off
the land
any
more than
the
govern-
ment.
Besides,
since
the land
is to
be
used
for military
purpises
and
grazing
only,
why
are
the
marines
allowed 'to
play
baseball
there?
Thisis
a pertinent
question
we know;
it may
ba
answereid
'
a local
slang:
"‘monkeys know
what
es
toclimb
on: they
never
climb
or
sa.ud-box
trees’’.
Furthermore,
the right
to
graze
ary
kind
of stock
on Parade
Ground
in its present
condition
is
but a
fallacy
since
there
is nothing
there
to
graze
on, big patches
being
absolutely
destitute
of any growth
whatever.
Yet
it is the few small boys
who play football
on this public piece of ground
that must
be
driven off ©
- the chivalrous
watchmen
of
Mrs. Svitzer.
We have
read
official cor-
responderce
on the
subject
dating back
to January
1918
in
which
the
American
administration
at that time took the pus.
tion that
the
question should
be
settled
by the esurt
if the public were being
be-
irg
dispossessed
of
their
right.
The
sooner
this
is
~done
the
better
for
all
cone
roed.
Why
don’t
the
Svit-
zers
sue
people
for trespassing
on
Pa-
rade
Ground?
Fach
day
numbers
of
people
drive
and
waik
over
the ground
going and returning from work?
Why do
they
not
wire
it up?
Os course
we
all
know
what
a kindhearted,
sympathetic
man
Mr.
Svitzer
was
but
we
are
hard
to believe
that
he
would
have
al
lowed
his “‘private property’’
to lie open
to
public
usurpa‘ion
for
the
last
forty
years.
Ihegovernment
will do the
com-
munity
a lasting favor o
have this
mat-
ter
adjusted
ence
for
all.
As
for
our
part
we have little
doubt
as
to how such
an issue
will close.
LOCAL
The
s.
s
‘‘Parima’” from New York is
due
at
St.
Thomas
this
morning,
and
will sail for Frederiksted
at 10 a. m,
Wkat promises
te
be
an cxceptionally
entertaining
prog amme
is
on for
to-
nig%t at the Christiansted
Theatre.
Tht‘
Wonder
Man
has
been
shown
in £
Thomas
with marked
success;
see adver
tisement
with
interesting
summary
of
the drama
on previous
fagze.
The show at St. Mary’s Hall
on
Tues-
day
night
was
really
a
good
one
that
shnuld
have had
a full house.
The theme
of the drama
was
in harmony
with the
name,
‘‘Rent
Free’’,
and
the
tvo reel
eom’c
with
which
the
evening
closed
created
many
a hearty laugh.
Would it not
be a good
ildea
to install
a
prwer-plant
at
Kingshill for
supplvire
carrert
to
the
government
institutions
there,
the Poor
Farm,
the
Polize
Station
and
the
Telephone
Central?
It
would
be
more
convenient
and
safer
than
oil
Jamps,
and
the
cost
of
mainterance
would probably
not
be
much
more.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
St. Johr,
April 14th.—That
Mr. Lloyd
George
wiil probably
visit Canada
early
in
®eptember,
was
the
news
given
out
this morning by Mr. McCarthy,
co..
r
Il r
of Toronto.,
who arrived
here
on
the
C.
P.
R. stcamship
M- ntclare.
Moscow,
April
15th.,—Th2
trial
of
Arehbishop
Tikhon,
tormer
hesad
of the
all-Russ
an
Chureh,
on
charges
simil.r
to
those
«(n
which
Archbishop
Zepliak
Monsignor
Butchkavitch
and
other
Ca-
tholic prel®tes
were
recently
convicted,
has
been
defiritely
fixed
to
begin
on
April
23rd,
Cownmissioner
of
Justice
Kurski
bas
imformed
the
Associated
Press.
London, April
15th. —Enough
tobaceco
to keep
all
the
smokers
in
the
United
Kingdon supplied for several
weeks
was
burned
in
a fire at
the Port
of
London’s
bonded
warehouse
on the
Viectoria
docks
yesterday.
it
1s
estimated
that
some
6.000
torns
were
destroyed
and
huge
quantities
damaged.
I'he
monetary
loss
is not known, but the minimum
estimate
is 1,000,000 pounds.
Paris,
April 156th. —lreland
succumbed
to France'yesterday
in
the
last
Inter-
national rugby football
game
of
the
sea-
son,
when
the
Frenchmen,
emerged
victorious
by the
score
of fourteen
points
to eight.
New
York,
April 15th.—The
Govern-
ment yesterday
took two steps
which
re-
veal its course
of action
in its
investiga-
tion
of
the
high
price
of
sugar.
An
agent
ot the Department
of Jjustic2
visit-
ed the New York
Coffee
and
Sugar
Ex-
change
and invited
several
members
to
cill on United States
Attorney
Hayward
next Monday.
By
letter
members
wer®
asked for detaiied infoimation
regardi
transactions
from
January
to April lgzg.
Rawal Pindi, 8.1 ,April 15th—A waken-
ed at night by
the
howling ofhis dogs
Idajor Elis,
temporary
Commander
at