The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-08

A change in the open season on
prairie chickens and grouse is in
prospect for North Dakto hunters as
the result of the action Of the house
Monday in amending IA bill recon-
mcnded by the state game and fish
commi ISIS ion.
AS recommended by the game and
fish board the season would have
been heightened two weeks and the
opening of the duck shooting season
would be set back two weeks.
Contcnding that the law is de-
signed to protect the prairie chickens
and not the hunters, o. +. Erickson,
kidder county, moved that the open
season extend from October ! to
November l. At present the season
opens September Is and closes Oc-
tober l5.
The change proposed by him would
have been recommended by the game
and fish board had it not been for
their fear that such bill would fail
to get Legislative support, Erickson
contcndcd, and said there arc too
few prairie chickens and too many
grasshoppers now" His idea is to
have the prairie chickens help keep
down the grasshoppers. AlbertHauge,
Richland county; j. H.. Burkhart,
Ward county; Peter Boeckel. Mercer
county, and c. n. Lee. Dunn county,
backed Erickson's stand. Burkhart
contended that to lengthen the sea-
son would result in the practical eX-
termination of the prairie chicken
while Boeckcl pointed out that with
the automobile to carry hunters to
all parts of the state and the
use of improved firearms. the chick
ems have little enough chance to
survive now.
Opponents of the change contended
that after October ] the chickens be-
gin to gather in flocks and that any
one who shoots chicken after that
date earns it.
Erickson's Amendment Adopted
Erickson's amendment went into
the bill over the opposition Of A.
j. Kulon, StutSman county. cnalf-
man OF the fish and game committee
Rulon attempted to amend the bill
to keep the open season on prairie
chickens as it is now but failed. A
motion to that effect lost, 35 to a..
When the report of the committee Of
the whole was acted upon in formal
session Rulon moved that il be re-
jected but that motion also was de-
feated. Final action on the bill by
the house is scheduled for today.
an effort to revive the house bill
to permit the Bank Of North Dako-
ia to make farm loans to "any res
idcnt' instead Of only to farmers
living on the land also was defeated.
II. +. SWEET, kiddcr county, who led
the opposition to the measure when
it was defeated the first time. in
troduced an amendment which was
supported by the original sponsors Of
the measure but unexpected opposi-
tion developed in other quarters and
the committee Of the whole recon-
mended the bill for indefinite post
ponement by 55 to &c vote.
ID. L. Peters, Pierce county, moved
for indefinite postponement on the
ground that the bill only opens the
door to get the state deeper into
debt by widening the list Of persons
who can get state loans on farm
property.
Twichell Defends Bill
4 l.. l.. Twichell, majority floor lead
er, defended the bill, contending that
land spectators are barred from
participating in the benefits Of the
law by ruling Of the bank which
limits the amount which may be
loaned to any person to $4,000 and
{. F. Stretch, Bottineau county, con-
tended there is no reason why u
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