The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-30
MOSQUITO RELIEF
HERE WILL REQUIRE
TWO SEASONS WORK
Or. Komp Advises Study This
Year and Real Cleanup
Campaign Next Year
ONE MALARIA TYPE FOUND
Government Expert Finds Worst
Breeding Waters to West
Of Fort Lincoln Tract

Of Fort Lincoln Tract
Mosquito determination along the
Missouri and Heart cannot, II Bis
marck and Mandan wish to make q
perfect job of it, be undertaken this
year. but q start a be made for q
campaign next year, the conference
held at the Association of Commerce
rooms. Wednesday afternoon. learned
from DR.. w. p. Komp, the public
health expert sent here by the gov
eminent to assist the two cities In
the plans.
What a be done this year is to
drain off bodies Of stagnant water,
especially west Of Fort Lincoln and
south of there, and either drain or oil
swales in the Dogtown section Of
Mandan. These courses will not rid
the towns of the pests, but would
give some relief by reducing the
volume Of the hatchings.
incidentally, the doctor said 1t is
only the female mosquito that bites.
which corroboratcs the saying that
the female Of the species Is the most
deadly
DR.. Komp also suggested that an
investigator be put on the task, pref
erably some student Of biology from
the university. to lay the basis for
early steps next year by which the
two cities could fairly rid themselves
from the pests. A visit was paid to
the Northern Great Plains Expert
ment station to learn whether such
an investigator could be quartered
there, and the matter will be taken
up with ]. E. Graf, assistant chief of
the bureau. of entomology. U. 8. De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington.
at the suggestion of ]. M. Stephens,
administrator of the station.
Locate Worst Breeding Spots
Further investigations will be made
here till Sunday by DR.. Komp. In
company with Joseph Spies. he Wis.
tied several mosQuito-breeding areas
around the city. They went as far
north as Milan Wards farm, where
the doctor found one specimen Of the
malaria type of mosquito. The worst
spots were west Of the fort, in the
Wachter tract, where a large body Of
water left over from the ice flood Of
fers opportunities to breed vigillions
of the pests, and where the outflow
from the Gussner slaughter plant
provides another infestation area.
Some Fly 20 Miles
The reason DR.. Kornp Is Investigate
ing Is to learn the type Of mosquito
here. Mosquitoes differ just as dogs
differ or as fowls may be chickens or
ducks or sparrowS or pelicans. he said.
On the type-150 In the United States
and 500 in the Americas-depcnds
whether they bear malaria or yellow
fever infection or whether they stay
right on the breeding grounds OF are
able to fly several miles away from
1t. In New Jersey some have been
known to fly 20 miles. He thinks
those breeding here can easily fly In
to the two cities.
Mosquitoes are not wind born said
DR.. Komp. Wind might dry them
out. They are partly Of an aquatic
nature and their flight IS dependent
on high temperature, high humidity
and low velocity Of wind.
Ditching Chief Hope Now
Answering questions as to the use
Of oil. DR.. Komp said 1t would be
economically impossible to use that
means Of control on the Wachter
tract, as It would require from 10 to
is gallons to the acre. The tract
should be ditched to drain off.
The reason complete results are
impossible this year, he said, is that
the start Is being made too late.
Mosquito eggs have a hard shell and
can survive through the winter to
hatch out early In the spring. All
that is needed, he said, is water, mois-
ture or dampness-a mud puddle or
a nook Of q stream which Is not
agitated by the current, as an in
dentation in the bank. Neither the
flowing Heart nor the Missouri breeds
the pests, only the quiet, stagnant wa
tiers on the sides. and sewage where
ever it exists openly. as at the dis
charge vents Of the Mandan system
into the Heart near the railroad
bridge. From this place and the
Dogtown swales, Mandan gets most
of its hordes, it was suggested.
Might Use Soldiers
Suggestions were made that the
soldiers at Fort Lincoln might be as
signed to combating the pests down
there and Or. q. H. spielman. OF the
Mandan board Of health. added the
suggestion that the road machinery
of the two counties might possibly be
washable for some Of the control work,
as ditchins.
There ere no funds in sight for any
work that might be decided on. The
Public Health service, in fact. has no
appropriations for actual work in any
health activities. It's funds IN al
devoted to ipvestigational work like
the visit here Of Dr.. Komp. When the
situation here has been run down to
rock bottom facts, the problem Of
raising cash here to carry on the war
viii be another phase to consider.
Those IN Conference
Present ct the meeting were A. L.
Bavone. state sanitary engineer, who
presided; Dr.. J. p. Jungman. mos
quito expert Of the state health de-
partment; d. A. A. Whittemore, head
Of the State Health department: DR..
6. z. etackhouse. city health officer;
DR.. q. H. epielman, Mandan health
officer; Dr.. n. Hrandes and DR.. J. II.
Hoskins, Of the ouatn-Ramstad
clinic; Or. william 8. Roller. state
bacteriologist: II. p. Goddard, secre-
tary Of the Association Of Commerce,
and "A. w. Furness, secretary Of the
Mandan Chamber Of Commerce: Ny
ron Atkinson. city auditor. represent
Ing the city commission: Burt Finney,
Joe Spies and John Hoffman. service
club representatives. and D. Q. Ward.