States
now,
it becomes
necessary
to
make
reply :to
our
communications
as
quickly as possible.
:
:
Captain
White remarked.,
Mr.
Chair-
man.
The
Governor
can
inform
the
member
that the
Government
has
made
every effort tollend
every
assistance
to
help the
post
offices,
but
it is
contrary
to
the
law
of
the
United
States
and
aboard
ships
to use
the
men
such
as you
mention
at
the
post
offices.
You
no
doubt
are
aware
that the post office bill
has just passed
Congress,
it is therefore
possible
that
the
protest
made
by
the
people
are
receiving
consideration.
[t
i 8 very hard for the peo~le in Washington
to locate conditions
down here and that
is
why the
Governor
would
like
to have a
memorial
from
the
people here
to help.
Ist.
Member
for Frederiksted
Coun-
try District
[Andersen]
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
We have been
impatient
for
a long time,
we have
been
waiting
two
or three
months
now.
Judge
Noll told
us that
some
official from
the post office
in Washington
was
to
come
down here
to
investigate,
but
we
have
not
seen
and
as
yet.
Captain
White remarked:
You will re-
ceive
more
consideration
if you talk
to
the
head
of the
Department
than
tc
a
subordinate.
The Chairman
put
to
the
vote and
it
was
unanimously
carried
that
Ist
Dis-
cussion
be
closed.
The
Chairman
remarked:
The
Bill
goes
over
to
the
next
meeting
or 2nd
Discussion.
The
Chairman
would
like to
know
if
any member
wishes
to offer any
opinion
as to what day
the
next meeting
should
be held, instead
of
Mondays
as
request-
ed by Government.
2nd Appointed Member (Noll) remark-
ed:
Mr.
Chairman.
I appreciate
the
remarks
of Ist Member
for Frederiksted
Country
Distriet but
1 do think
if mem-
bers
will take certain
portion of the draft
and industriously
interest
themselves
it
would not
be necessary
to mect
so early
in
the
day.
We
could
well
accomplish
the work necessary
between
o:.e and
six
o’clock
in
the
afternoon.
We
had
a
great
many
committee
meetings
and
some
of the members
had
not even
read
the matter
on which
they
had to
report
and
had not
the
patience
to
hear
some-
one read it to them.
4th
Appointed
Member
(Blackwood)
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
I
presume
that the Hon.
2nd
Appointed
Member is
alluding to the Committee
in St.
Thomas
when
he
says
some
of
the
members
knew nothing
about
the
matter
which
they
were to report
on.
As regards
Gov-
ernment’s
desire
to hold
meetings
every
Monday,
I do not blame
the Government
because
the
matter
before
the House
is
urgent.
Monday
is
generally
a
slack
day
an?
every
one
of
the
merchants
can getaway
from
their
work
on
that
day.
[ live way
up
on the hills and
pre-
fer to come
here
at
9.30
o’cloek
in
the
ST . ROe
aVv.lis
forenoon
than
leave 7.30 in the
night
as
going home
is a,serious
matter
to
me.
Ist Member for Christiansted
Country
Distriect
[Stakemann]
remarked:
Mr.
Chairmgn.
If we
say
one
o’clock
it
means
one o’clock;
if the
Chairman
call®
a meeting for one
o’clock
and
members
come at two
o’clock
we
‘vould
lose
one
hour.
If the Chairman
will use
his
au-
thority
and fine those
who
do not
come
at
one o’clock
the members
would inter-
- est
themselves
in being on
time.
It has
been
customary
to hold our meetings
on
" Monday
afternoons
and
I
propose
that
we keep
to that custom.
If two
or three
members
keep
away
we may
not have
a
quorum.
:
Ist Member for
Frederiksted
Country
District
[Andersen]
remarked:
Mr.
Chairman.
As
far as I understand
I
do
not
see
why we
cannot
meet
:very
two
weeks,
I believe
we
can
acecomplish
all
that
is
necessary
by
calling a
meeting
avery
two weeks.
The
Chairman
remarked:
The
con-
sensus
of opinion in the Council
seems
to
be
in
favor
of
weekly
meetings,
and
therefore
I will put
to the
vote whether
the
meeting
should
be
held weekly,
on
Mondays at
1 p.
m.
[t was put
to the
vote
and carried
that
the
meetings
be
held
every
Monday
at
one
o’clock
p.
m.
uniil
the
laws
are
passed.
The
Chairman
requested
members
to
be pupctual-at
one
o’clock that the meet-
ing ¢ uld proceed
and not
to kave to wait
half
an hour
to
form
a
quorum
as
fre-
quently
occurs.
There
being
no further
bussiness
the
Chairman
declared
the
meeting
closed
at
4.10 o’clock p.
m.
EDITORIAL.
The Dairy, that costly institution
irom
which
much
was
expected,
and
so far
the only thing the public has
received
is
the privilege to pay 3 cents
more
a quart
for milk which
3 cents
g 0 toward
defray-
ing expenses
of the dairy,
is
still
closed
as
far
as
supplying
milk
is concerned,
and
the
whole
town,
comprising
many
young
children,
and
sick
persons
are
without that almost indispensable
article
of food because
the sellers
for
the
sake
of a few paitry cents
per bottle
refuse
to
place it on the market.
Who says
""KUL-
TUR”’ is dead
will be
sadly
mistaken
on
visiting St. Croix to find that in this stage
of the world’s history
a condition
of
the
present
kind prevails
in a civilized
com-
munity and
g poor and needy one to boot.
Report
savs
that
one
of
the dairy
part-
ners who
has
declined
to
withhold
milk
from the Richmond-sickhouses
and Leper-
asylum has been expelled from the institu-
tion.
Other
reports also have reached
this
office to the effect
that a
proposal
from
humane
minds
to give
notice
to the pub-
lic
that
the
milk
supply
would be
cut
off
at such
and
such®
date
was
over-
thrown.
Comment
is
unnecessary
ard
will be
most likely useless.
The
public,
after a!l’is the party attacked
and
injur-
ed and should know how
to act.
=
-
LOCAL.
.
The
Virginia arrived
at
Frederiksted
on
Saturday
evering
and
32
sacks
of
mail were received
here
in Christiansted
around
11 p.m. and delivered to the publie
on Sunday
morning
at 8 o’clock, the
reg-
ular business
hour of the post ofice.
.
The Navy Band
afforded
the public
a
very enjoyable
evenirg
yesterday
and
was
duly
applauded
for
the
excellent
music rendered.
The
Vixen
is
looked
for
todayv.
His
Excellency
the
Governor
is expected
tu
attend
the meeting of the Colonia'
Coun-
cil. at
which the code
of
laws
will be
on
the
order
of the
day,
and
other
items
interesting
to the public.
Tonight
there
will
be started
a
new
serial
at
the
theatre
and
the
atten-
tion
of
readers
is
invited
to
the
pro-
gramme
published
elsewhere
in
this
issue.
~
OFFICIAL NEWS.
May 1, 1920.
Governor Oman
attended
the meeting
of
the
Colonial
Council
for
the
Muni-
cipality
of St. Thomas
ana
St.
John
on
Thursday
at
which
the
second
discus-
sion
was
closed
on ordinances
relating to
the Judicial and Educational Departments
under
the new code.
The resignation
of the First Appointed
Member,
Mr. Valdemar
A.
Miller,
was
accepted
by
the
Colonial
Council
on
Thursday.
The General Court-Martial composed
of
nine
officers
in
session
at
the
Marine
Barracks
for
the
trial of an
officer
at-
tached
to the Naval Staticn,
St. Thomas,
adjourned
sine
die this
morning,
pend-
ing the arrival
of a
witness
from Porto
Rico.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The St.
Croix Tennis
Club defeated
the
St.
Thomas
Tennis
Club
in the
Champi-.
onship doubles
played on
the local courts
last
Wednesday.
Major Small,
U.
S.
M.
C., and
Mr. Harry
Armstrong
defeated
Ensign
Newell, U.
S.
N. and Lieutenant
Charles
Lane
[MC],
U.S&.
N. in
three
straight
sets
by the
scores
of: 6-2,
6-1,
6-2.
Richard Zakers
is
asked
tc
call at the Post Office,
Christiansted.