The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-16
MOTORISTS WARNED
TO STAY Off ROADS
THROUGHOUT State
No Loss of Human Life or Live.
stock or Property Dam.
age Is Reported
SEVEN INCHES FALLS HERE
Biggest Storm This Winter
Brings End to Month Of
Mild Weather

North Dakota motorists were warned
tc stay off the roads Monday by state
highway officials following the biggest
snowstorm this winter.
No loss of human life or livestock or
extreme property damage was report
ec in the Bismarck district or the
state Monday forenoon. when check
up was begun as the storms severity
subsidized.
Seven inches Of snow fell In the Bis
marck district Sunday and during the
night and was whipped into consider
able drifts by a gale from the north
west, which reached q maximum We
locity Of 20 miles per hour about 10
o'clock Sunday night according to o.
w. Roberts, federal meteorologist here.
Snow flurries will continue through.
out the remainder Of the day, Roberts
said, but the forecast for Tuesday Is
generally fair, with slowly rising tenn
perature.
Mercury sank to eight degrees be-
low zero here during the night and
Roberts said it will go still lower to-
night and Tuesday morning.
Issued Warning Saturday
He broadcast storm warnings BY
telephone. telegraph and radio
throughout the state Saturday nigh,
he said. and for that reason believes
that farmers In most sections had
their stock under cover before the
storm broke.
T. g. Plomasen. maintenance euei-
neer Of the state highway department.
said he had received few reports Of
blocked roads but that he expected to
receive many during the day.
Monday forenoon he had received
reports Of blocked roads between Gar
rison Corners and Minot and In the
northeastern section Of tho state, ex.
tending from Langdon. Cavalier and
PembinA westward to Rolla, On the
eastern edge of the Turtle mountains.
Roads west Of Mandan also were
blocked. The state road leading from
Bismarck to Minot was reported open
from here as far north as Coleharbor.
No snow plows will be sent out to
clear main highways until the wind
subsidies. the maintenance engineer
said. He said that blowing on roads
before the wind subsidies means wasted
effort, since the roads would fill in
by drifting In short time after plow-
ing. He said that blowing while the
wind Is up also is dangerous to motor.
lists, since poor visibility might cause
head-on collisions with the plows.
George E. Hanson, Bismarck divi-
sion engineer for the state highway
department, said three scout cars
have been sent out in all directions
from the Capital City for road inspec-
ton and that plows would not be sent
cut until the scouts report on condi-
tons.
Wires Escape Damage
J. e. Beaudoin Of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company here,
and w. G. Render, Bismarck man
ager for the North Dakota Power and
Light company, both reported that
highlines and wires In the Bismarck
area escaped damage from the heavy
snowfall and said their communica-
ton offices had received no reports Of
damage throughout the Missouri Slope
area.
Adam Wetzstein Of the Mandan-
oAOu1oAVA DUO 4A1Cs o14O C0C1I1OI4Al
highway between Mandan and Bis
marck Is open and probably will re.
main SO indefinitely. He said there
are large drifts in some spots on the
paved road but added he did not be.
lieve touring cars would have serious
difficulty in getting through.
The storm brought m end to an un-
usual month-long period Of mild
weather. Previous to Sunday night
the temperature had not dropped be-
low zero since last Dec. II. when .
reading Of eight below was recorded.
the weather bureau reported.
During the month. little snow fell
in the Bismarck area and practically
the only disagreeable weather came
from high wind on q few occasions.
The snowstorm Sunday began ct
1880 q. m.
Northern Pacific trains from both
directions were about an hour late
into Bismarck Monday.
At jamestown q 26-mile -an-houy
wind drifted snow on the city streets.
Snow continued to fall at jamestown
while there was strong wind ut
Devils Lake, but no snow. Tempera.
lures were four below ct Fargo. eight
ct jamestown. 10 at Devils Lake, Il
at Williston and II below ct Minot.
the lowest in the state.