The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-12

eminent in the work is not being
well handled and that the state APP
preparation might meet the same
fate. Watt explained, however, that
he personally knows that the barber
ry bush is menace to the grain
grower and supported Traynor's mo-
ton.
). McGauvran, Cavalier county,
charged that the bill represented an
attempt to get some money for
people who are going around the
country spending it,
Determination Of the question
hinged on whether or not the barber
~ bush actually is a cause Of grain
rust and numerous arguments were
offered on that point.
Burberry Bush Causes Rust
George Worner, Richland county,
pointed out that rust occurs some
years and is missing other years and
asked If the barberry bushes exist
some years and disappear in others.
Watt commended that there is no ques-
ton as to the barberry bush caus-
ing grain rust and told Of an in
, stance in which half section of
, grain was ruined by one bush.
Traynor pointed out that railroads
and other corporations which arc
mot in the habit of spending money
/ for nothing" have Joined the cam
pagn against the barberry bush
| and that its relation to grain rust
has been determined by scientists.
II. A. Roberts, Cass county, pointed
out that the federal government is
spending large sums in barberry
eradication but that it may dis
continue the work unless the state
supports it by small appropriation.
Traynor's motion to put the bill on
the calendar was sustained, ~ to 43.
Argument on Bridge Bill
The politics involved in the loca-
ton of bridge across Box Elder
creek on the South Dakota state line
came under scrutiny when J. Guam,
Bowman county, objected to the
house bill carrying a $4,000 appro-
priation for the work. Guam read
Il long letter from Mark Amundsen,
states attorney Of Bowman county,
! in which the county commissioners
were declared to have concurred. The
, letter stated that Bowman county has
! difficulty in maintaining the roads
it already has, that the proposed
bridge would be poorly located to
benefit the people of the county who
are not in favor of it and that a
new road would have to be built to
the site of the proposed bridge. The
character of the country is such that
it would be impossible to build or
maintain the road at reasonable cost,
the letter said.
Guam also pointed out that he
lives near the site Of the proposed
bridge and charged that Ira J. Will
son, snonsor of the measure, had put
the bill in for the benefit Of the
people Of Marmarth, Slope county
who would bear none of it's cost.
! II. F.. SWEET, kidder county, brand
ed the bill as a political measure
and represented merely an effort to
"brng home the bacon"
Guam IS :; Nonpartisan and Wilson
elected from the same Legislative dis
+ trict, is an Independent.
Twichcll read AN application from
i the county commissioners of Bow
man county, made in 1924, in which
construction of the proposed bridge
was asked. Wilson denied that he
had been actuated by political mo-
tlves in introducing the bill ant
read a number of communications
from persons in his district asking
that the bridge bill be passed. A
motion to kill tn" bill lost, 43 to 81
1t will be up for final action Mon
day.
| The bill has been the occasion o.
Sharp fights in the house on twt
| previous occasions.