The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-09
NA7UR0PAYH BILL
BROUGHT TO LIFE
AT HOUSE SESSION
Revived and Sent to, judiciary
Committee; Other Battles
Rage on Floor

STRIFE over adoption OF committee
reports occupied the greater part o.
the house session Saturday.
Argument ,centered on bills pro-
hibiting showing of female figures in
tobacco advertising; providing for
sale OF the state -owned mill at Drake;
regulation Of the sale Of tractor fuels
other than gasoline or kerosene, and
the ~naturopath bill.
The committee report recommend
ing passage of the Drake mill meas
ure was adopted, as was the majority
report ~favoring passage Of the gas
bill. The naturopath bill was ordered
referred to the judiciary committee.
The bill prohibiting display Of fe-
male figures or likenesses In adver-
Using of tobacco products was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement
by the committee, but the house
rejected this report in favor Of the
minority report and the bill was
placed on the calendar by a vote of
60 to %. o. E. Erickson of Kidder
county, Nonpartisan leader and
author of the bill, deplored the use
OF female likenesses in advertising
tobacco products, contending it was
an evil influence on the youth of the
state.
Unconstitutional Says Cox
j. H. McCay of Sioux county and H.
F. Niewoehner Of McHenry county
supported Erickson, while Gordon
Cox and M. H. Lynch opposed the
measure. Cox presented evidence to
show that a similar law had been de-
clared unconstitutional by the Utah
supreme court.
The proposal to sell the Drake mill
was fought out along factional lines.
H. F. SWEET, a Nonpartisan leader,
said the bill was unnecessary as the
state industrial commission already
had the right to sell the mill. SWEET
commended the administration was
seeking to avoid "a stigma which was
unavoidable because the mill would
have to be sold at a loss. He said the
administration was attempting to
have the legislature assume blame for
the transaction.
L. l.. Twichell. Independent leader,
acknowledged the mill would have
to be sold at a loss, but said the
industrial commission was merely
seeking to determine what was the
wish Of the legislature. Twichell said
the legislature should assume the
responsibility as the administration
was not to blame for the mill being
owned by the state.
Held an 'Eyesore'
D. L. Peters of Pierce county said
the mill was an "eyesore" for the
town Of Drake and was infested with
rats which invaded nearby stores to
raise havoc with stocks. SWEET reiter-
ated it was not a matter Of permis-
sion to sell the mill, but that the lad
rninistration was afraid Of public SEN
timent."
Twichell and Albert Won Berkom,
Nonpartisan from Divide county,
spared over q measure which would
define and regulate the sale Of trac-
tor fuel, other than gasoline and
kerosene. The bill provides that dis
tillate shall meet a certain require
raent, not now compulsory by law.
Van Berkom opposed the bill, stat
ing that farmers next year would see
the price of distillate near the price
of gasoline. Fred Mau of. Ransom
county said the bill was a measu of
protection for dealers and farmers.
Twichell pointed out that under
present laws there is no legal defini-
ton as to what constitutes distillate.
Naturopath Bill Revived
The bill which would give naturo-
paths recognition In North Dakota
was revived when Math Dahl OF EN-
mons county moved the proposal be
re~considered and rereferred to COM
mittee. Friday the bill was voted for
indefinite postponement but an at
tempt to kill 1t permanently failed.
The measure was first reported in
for indefinite postponement by the
committee on public health. It's sup
porters succeeded in having the meas
ure thrown into general orders. It
met defeat again. but was resurrected
Saturday the fourth consecutive day
in which it has been an issue on the
house floor.
Erickson of Kidder moved that It
be rereferred to the judiciary com
mittee,, instead Of public health. and
the motion carried. Indications are
that the bill will precipitate q hot
debate in the house chamber before
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