Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-01-10
RETIRED FROM
IARMY SERVICE
ADJUTANT GENERAL rHARALsoN
HAD SEEN THIRTY YEARS.
MILITARY SERVICE
news OF STATE HOUSE

s.ssO ~ 0s"U - UBOOVS
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
ing In the Administration Of Laws
In the Different Departments
At Bismarck.
Bismarck.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Thar.
son, of Grafton, N. D., who as adjutant
general was instrumental in raising
the Second North Dakota regiment,
leaving for Camp Green as lieutenant
colonel of that command and trans
ferred to an ambulance train when
the Second was smashed, has been re-
tired after thirty years military serv.
Ice. Advice to this effect came in the
form of Adjutant General McCain's of.
fetal wire to General Pershing, com.
handing the 41st division in France
News of his retirement was received
b. Adjutant General Fraser, who
could assign no reason for the war
departments action, unless it be the
veteran campaigner's age. Colonel
Tnaralson has three sons in the
service, a major, lieutenant and a
sergeant.
80 Farmers Institutes,
Thirty applications for farmers in.
stitutes, to be conducted by the com.
missioner of agriculture and labor
during law passed by the last legis.
lature making especial appropria.
ton for this purpose, have been re.
ceived by Commissioner John N. Ha.
gan.
To date one complete corps of
speakers has been arranged for.
Mathew Duffy, we'll known practical
farmer of Esmond, will speak on live.
stock; State Dairy Commissioner ]. J.
Osterhaus, graduate of the Wiscon.
sin agricultural college, will discuss
North Dakotas dairy problems and
possibilities, Of which he has made a
special study, and Miss Katherine
Staley of Garrison, a graduate of the
Valley City normal and of Stout
institute, Menomonie, Wis, will lee.
ture on subjects of especial interest
to women. Edgar Olson, former
county agent at Grand Forks, will
discuss farm crops.
Rush For Auto Licenses.
More than 2,180 applications for
automobile tags have been filed at the
office Of the secretary of state and ap.
plications for about SO dealers Ii.
censes. A number of the 1918 appli.
cations have had to be returned by
the department because of the misun.
derstanding Of the new automobile
law. Remittances have not been &C.
curate in many instances. The state
department calls attention to the fact
that the license fee under the new law,
adopted by the last session of the
state legislature. is based on the A.
L. A. M. ratings on the diameter Of
the cylinder.
Asks Cooperation Of Shippers.
The North Dakota railway commits
sion has issued to shippers and re.
ceivers of carload freight circular
letter calling upon shippers to load
cars to maximum capacity, irrespec.
tive Of published tariff minimum; to
load cars promptly and Immediately
furnish agents with billing instruc.
tons; to place orders for cars in writ.
ing and specify commodity, number
and kind Of cars desired as we'll as
date required and destination; TO not
insist upon routing control and to not
divert cars in transit nor to make a
practice Of reconsignment. Receiy.
ers are urged to unload cars promptly;
to disregard all free time allowances.
to advise agents prior to arrival where
cars are to be spotted, and to cooper.
ate in every way with President wiz
son, now chief executive of Americas
great United States railway, to the
end that the car shortage problem.
which is becoming more acute. may
be relieved.
WaIIa Case May Go Over.
There is little likelihood ofAEugene
M. Walla, former clerk in the automo
bile department Of the secretary Of
states office, being tried on the
charge Of embezzlement at this term
of the Burleigh county district court
Judge Nuessle is to preside over the
Morton county district court begin
ming In Mandan on January Z for
Judge Hanley. now In France at the
head of a battalion; the criminal cal
endar on the Burleigh. courts term Is
very heavy. In the event that the
case does come up at this term, II
would be necessary to draw new
panel. It is believed, the present ven.
tremen having heard great deal
about the case and many of them hav.
ing listened to Walla's own testi.
mony. and by the time this was done
the Morton county court would be