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79TH YEAR.
THE ST.
CROIX AVIS
1s printed and published
daily
(Sundays
and, Holidays
excepted)
by
G
.Johinsen
at the Avis Office.
VERMS---50 cents monthly in advonce.
2 cents
per single
copy.
sintered
us
second-class
matter
May
26th
1917 at
the Post
Oifice
at
Christian-
wete St Crowe,
Vo I, of the
)l
5. 4.
"un:
der the Act of March
3.
1379
Contribution
to this paver will be glad-
ly reccived
when thz 3am2
deals
with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
nicd with
the
authoir’s
nane,
as a quar-
antee
of grol faith.
7The editor
cannat
be
responsiole for the views of his correspon-
dents
nor does he necessarily endorse
them.,
HOW
MOON AFFECTS EARTH.
\
e
Rg
A
French
investigato.
reports
that 41
out
of
52
consecutive
phases
of
the
moon
Qhserved
by
him
were
attended
by
“earthquakes,
cyciones,
tidal
waves
¢r
heavy
rains.
He
is
of
the
opinion
that
scisivie
activity
is
the
rasult
of
the
relative
positions
of
the
sun
and
moon
.nd
that
these
and
_allied
phe-
nomena
are
responsiole
indirectly
for
siorms
ete
Because
of
the
inexact-
ness
of
the
lunar
periods,
however,
earthquakes,
voleanic
eruptions.
storms
and
other
disturbances
cannot
be
fore
told accurately.-—7 The Pathfinder.
:
MARVELOUS iNVENTION CLAIMED.
It is
asserted
by A. E: Pofft
of
Dan-
ville, Ky
, that
he
has
invented and
pa-
tented
a ‘‘geometrical energy
generator’’
which
will propel
an eugine
on land,
sea
or in air, without
the use
of fuzi,
water
or cther
source of power
hitherto known.
He is
a machinistof the
Southern
Rail-
wav and
during the
war
worked
on
the
government
‘‘Liberty motor.””
The
in-
ventor says
of the
genera
~r:
‘‘ltis the
result of 10 years’
research;
it is
rotary
in movement,
displaces
air,
causing
re-
action
due
to
atmospheriec
pressure,
and
has
all
the
characteristics
of
a
man’s
breathing
machine;
it is
scientific,
mo-
dern+and
practical in every
way,
and
en-
ergy
once stored
is always
kept.””
This
alleged motor
is in the
same
class
as
va-
rious other ones which the inventors c.aim
will revolutionize
the
world by producing
. power
out of nothing.
In other words it
will be
time
to believe
their wild
eclaims
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.
1. U. 8. ;;?
WEDMESDAY
&1
DECEMBER
1990,
when they bring
their
contrivances
into
the light of day
and
demonstrate
them
so that
everyone
can
see
what they
will
do.
- Ihd.
HIS WEAKNESS.
"'What
brought®
you
here,
my.
poor
man?’’ inquired the prison visitor.
“"Well, lady’’, replied
the prisoner,
‘I
guess
my trouble started
from
attending
too mapy
weddin’s’’.
""Ah!
You
learned
t»
drink there,
cr
steal
perhaps?’’
"'No,
lady;
I
wsas
always
the
bride-
groom’’,
Toledo Blade.—lbid.
{INEQUAL LOSSES
Frederik
was sitting on
the
curb,
ery-
ing,
when
Billy came
along and
asked
him what
was
the
matter.
“Oh,
1 feel
so bad
‘cause
Major’s dead
—my
nice old collie!”” sobbed
Frederick.
“‘Shueks!”’
said
Billy,
‘‘My grand-
mother’s
been
dead
a week and you cdon’t
catch
me
ecrying’’.
Frederick
gave
his
eyes
and
nose
a
swipe
with his hand and,
looking
up
at
Billy,
sobbed
despairingly:
"’Yes, but you didn’t raise
your
grand
mother from
a pup’’.— Harper’s
Maga-
zine. —lbid.
:
OUR
STOCK
OF
i
®
Christmas
Cards.
" NORTHERN
Limited
OF
LONDON
GEO. L. MARKOGE
Agent for
Frederiksted’s
District
V. K. ARMSTRONG.
Agent for Christiansted’s
District
Policies
are
not subject
to
average
No. 284.
for the 3rd Ordinary Meeting of the
Colonial
Council
for
St.
- Croix,
MONDAY, December
13.
1920,
at
one
velock
p,
m.
.-
1.
Colonial
Councii
Bill No. 50.
.
2nd
Discussion
on
Colonial
Council
Bill
No.
50
Draft
of
Additional
« Money
Bill
‘o
the
Budget
so:
the
Municipality
of
St.
Croix.
for
the
fiscal
year ending June
30,
1921.
I:--
troduced
by
Government,
authoriz-
ing
the payment
of
Fres.
60,000,00
trom
funds
in the
Municipal
Treas-
urv,
not otherwise
obligated,
to
the
Telephone
Fund
for the
purpose
of
effecting
repairs
and
new
installa-
tions.
2.
Colonial
Council Bill No. 52.
Introduction
of, and
ist
Discussion
on
Colonial
Counecil
Biil
No.
52,
Draft
of
Additional
Money
Rill
to
the
Budget
for the
Municipality
of
St. Croix, for
the fiscal
year
ending
June
30,
1921, Aid to poor of “hris-
tiansted
and
Hrederiksted
introdue-
ed by
Government.
3.
Golonial Counci!
Bill No. 51.
:
Ist
Discussion
on
Resolution
intro-
duced
by
4th
Appointed
Member
(Blackwood) authorizing
the payment
of
the
unexpended
balance
of
the
pension
granted
former
Sicknurse
Ritzberg
to
his widow.
:
Colonial
Council
Office,
St.
Croix, De-
cember
6,
1920.
ROBT.
L. MERWIN,
.
A
Charrman.
N
[
e
Post
Office Notice.
ACILITIES for exchanging
local
cur.
F
rency
for United States
paper
having
become
still
more
materially
restret-
ed
since the notice
of this office of
Sep-
tember
16th., only
United States
money
or
Government
paper
will
Le
accept-
able
for
the purchase
of money
orders
and payment
of money-order
fees (includ-
ing C.
O. D. business).
'
Until further,
Danish
money
(which
for the most part
can
be disposed
of
in
loeal dishursements)
will be
accepted
for
-~
the purchase
of postage
stamped
paper,
box-rent,
ete.
Post
Office,
Christiansted,
V. 1.,
De-
cember
6, 1920.
:
B. R. LARSEN,
Postmaster.