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Wi FHF ST. CROIX AV IS
gzs oriaied and published daily Suwndays
S vand olidays excepted) by G Johansern of
fii ‘t‘hf 18 Obi ce
PERVS 50 cents monthly in advance
Z rents o single copy
L Eutered as second class matter May
Whta 1917 at the P st Office hristion
gted, St.Crowx, V- -f ofthe U S A un
der the Arci of March 3. 1879
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October 19, 1929
S Bl ourtesy of bie Associated Pres: )
& Port wu-Prince, Haiti: Following the
Ay-nd »f h> world thward dizarmamend
E L aiti has r:duced the sirsagzth of her
i ivy 9 en moator bous by sinkiny the
Lishhouse tead=r “Beliirmuce’’ at sea,
: §: had been condemned as unseawothy
A toirty oot mator. nog Whieh i< Dow
‘the flagship of the H atian N=2vy has
b 1 ehargeda ~i'h he misdintenances o
it htoouses 1\ buoy sysrtemn alooy
il siti’s one thousaond eoast lioe
Shanghai, Chloa:——A patton wide boy
@tt of American and Biitish made
voods has been decidzd on at Nanking
LDy the Association tor hastening the
: aholition of unequal treatics. The reso
furion doeelarinz that cecanvmie reiations
¥ O shmlni be sev:red 1s suppoitel by all
b:gnches of the Assomatioa 9 Coina,
£ A thorouxh ecanvasmme of s are whoiz
galers reporis of the extent o! stoeks on
* hand aond scope of <xistin2z confraets
will be made
. New York:s -Ax fore= of one hundred
| wnd thicty prohibition agen's capture:d a
‘fortitid arsenal us-d as the heudquarters
‘-"f i a million doilir rum smugghng syadi-
L#° cate at hizhlands, New Jersy A mile
from the base, the raiders captured a
hidden radio station from wuich orders in
b cod 2 were sent to the fl :ot of liquor ships
sunl speed boats operateld by th- syndr
| lifi;%cate Quauiittes of imporcted hiquoraad
¥ 32 men were captured. Unofficial esti
¥ mates pace theamouug yf ligur brought
LR into hieadguirters at t-n thous.nd cases
r- cweekly :
B: New York: Irene Frankiin, the actress
h‘ Bhas inherited haif a million dollars from
* B 0 uncte whoimigrated fiom Irelan | and
'émade a fortune raisinz sheep in Austra
}:,‘t 1;45‘“& ‘ .
4 Seattle: Broken-control wires, dizcov
* L ered just as the Russian fliers were pre
"X paring to take off from sand Point, caus
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The interp etution of the tamous sone has been long in reaching the sereen .. long
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Circus with
ed postponement of the next lap of her
flight to Qaklard, Caiifornia,
New York: - Lae serious strike of 2,500
gsoliee rruek drivers whien began a
week ago coliapsz. yesterday Oil Com
panies demonstrated ability to deliver
guasoline to the putlic despite the strike,
!YgS W M O
NOTICkE.
*HIS annual general repairs'of the |
1 public roads begin on the first
. of October, ani sha'l be completed
' by 31 January, 1930. <oad-holders |
| are requested to carry out the re
‘ pairs in manner prescribed in Ordi- |
nance. All ditches and culverts |
i nust be cleaned, holes in road filled,
walls and bridges repaired, trees |
| trimmed which over-hang the road,
. and the road-way gravelad, All |
. dead trees must be cut down and |
" debris removed off road. No large |
stones must be permitted to remain |
where graveling has been done,
H. B NELTHROPP, i
l Chairman Road Commission,
i Public Works Department.
Money Back
. . ; :
Goods Guaranteed
SUGAR CORN. EARLY JUNE PEAS,
SiRINUGLE>S BEANS,
DRIED CAREROIS,
No. 1 TOMATOES 9e¢.,
No-2 TOMALTOES 13e¢,,
No. 1 PETII POIS PEAS 12¢
No,. 2P P PEAS 20¢.
Welch Grape Juice
Junior bottles 13¢,, 8 pt. 28¢., 1 pt. 33c.
: M. G. FABIO,
L 4 Company Street
Oect. 12, 1929
Old-time style, large candie
shades wanted.
GOOD PRICES PAID.
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