The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-07
SENATORS ASSERT
SHARP PRACTICES
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USED TOFORCES SALE
PIoyhar Says He'll Fight It All
Down the Line, but Watt
Says Value Is There
CHILD HYGIENE IS MERGED
Highway Appropriation Is Rec
commended for Passage
After Road Debate

The senate appropriations commit
tee showed aside house bill No. 66. for
the purchase OF 1896 acres OF land adj
ditional for the state prison farm.
when it was reached in q long Ses-
sion in room 500 at the Patterson,
Wednesday evsning.
Senator Ployhar wanted It indefin-
itely postponed. but q substitute mo-
ton to defer action until this morn
ing prevailed instead. The Valley
City senator said he was going to
fight the bill all down the line to the
governors office, even, II need be. He
said he would take leaf out Of the
book of Senator Watts, relative to the
liberal arts building.
Senator Watts was inclined to think
the bill wasn't so bad as far as the
price asked for the land went. He
said a previous purchase of land at
Mandan at $40 an acre couldn't COM
pare with this at $3.50 an acre. Be-
sides it was right up to the prison
and. therefore. preferable to land
three miles away.
Child Hygiene Now In No. 80
The committee approved about
every other bill Of long list before
1t. With the child hygiene bill. how
ever, senate No. rs, 1t took the course
indicated the other day and inserted
It into house bill No. 80, dealing with
the state health department, making
it q portion of the budget Of that de-
v~nv&, 10 ~,,D.Sntn n1.31<a t.V,evaas@n u
division. The committee was averse
to creating another department. BY
adding the $4,000 carried by bill IS,
bill 50 was loaded up with q total Of
SO, 400, but the committee wanted to
cut this, so by reducing an item for
q clerk to the sanitary engineer and
some minor shaving OF items, Is post
age. it reduced the total to SIS 500,
and at that amount 1t recommended
the bill for passage.
Senate bill No. IS. carrying appro-
priations for the state highway de-
partment, also was recommended for
passage after hearing Secretary J. J.
Ermatinger. of the commission. There
was considerable comment about the
commission transferring funds from
construction to maintenance when In
an emergency and the committee felt
it might as well recommend the total
and let the commission adjust the
items, but the secretary explained
that the commission has to make up
budget in January for the calendar
year. then the legislature sets an
other for the fiscal year. and in the
past there was some such juggling,
he admitted. but 1t Is no longer 30.
AS far as he is concerned. he said,
he's bonded and can't afford to take
liberties with the legislatures orders.
Watt Criticizes Highways
Senator Watt was inclined to think
the commission was wasteful de-
partment In the road results obtained.
He favored giving the counties the
money spent by the department. But
Secretary Ermatinger said It was
case. In many features, Of Uncle Sam
paying half Of the bill and having all
the say. AS for the county system,
that was tried before. he said, and
how many good roads did the state
have when the present system was in
augurated? While, now look at the
good roads through the state, he add
ed.
Senator Hamilton backed him In
this. The local proposition had given
the state mud holes. Now he can use
his car some times at least.
How about the one-man commits
sion. asked somebody. Senator ploy.
hAr said the car Of Russia had been
aSsassinated.
But Kaiser Bill still survives" re-
joined Secretary Ermatinger.
Other Appropriations Get q. K.
The committee took up Z string Of
mouse bills and recommended them
Tor passage. They appropriated $4,000
for the North Dakota Corn show:
$500 for conservation Of the artesian
waters Of the state; 100000 for In
Surance tax for the fire departments
Of the state: $500 for Investigation
and eradication Of sugar beet dis
eases: 42o,54l.9l for the state trans
portatiou officer; 421 $40, raised from
$4,000. for the commissioner Of i'm
migration, the item for the state dis
play being raised $500: $40, 400 for
the mine inspector: 10000 for the
state contingent fund: $4,000 for the
state auditors: @ll6.500 for the state
school Of science ct Wahpeton: 924.-
800 for the State Historical society.
Al increase Of $500 in the preserva-
ton Of parks item: $28,950 for voca-
tlonAl education and rehabilitation
ell 80 for child welfare work: $3l,-
200 for the school for the blind ct