Sheridan county commissioners have determined to take over the fair grounds for a purchase price of $8,000. In other action, Sheridan has made its bid for recognition as a station on the trans-continental aerial mail service whenever it may be instituted in this section. Dr. Vincent J. Keating successfully performed a caesarian operation at the …

Mrs. Peter Jacobs, who resides on a ranch at Beckton, 10 miles west of Sheridan, is expecting a visit from her brother, Harry Matson. The tragic story of the ruthlessness of the flu epidemic in Sheridan county is told in the statistics of deaths for 1918. According to the records of County Health Officer Hurd, …

Will Connelly of Big Horn is in Sheridan today visiting friends. At a meeting today, the Sheridan county commissioners were urged to take over ownership of the old fair grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Welton left today on No. 42 to spend the winter in California. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Moncreiffe of the Polo ranch …

Although all 11 applicants for 1919 liquor licenses have paid, or will pay, the $1,300 necessary for the licenses, City Attorney Diefender at the city council meeting this morning declared that the city commission has no authority to refund any of the money when the war-prohibition measure of Congress takes effect July 1. John Findahl …

Sheridan county topped the record for the entire state for total school enrollment in 1918. According to the annual report of the state board of education, nearly 3,700 pupils were enrolled last year. Influenza claimed another victim this morning at Clearmont. The body of the 4-year-old boy has been brought to the Champion & Shannon …

The Sheridan Commercial club and Loyalty League are expected to formally consider a proposal for a memorial building as a measure of recognition to the soldiers and sailors from Sheridan county who participated in the war. The federal employment bureau has reported receiving around half a dozen applications from mothers in Sheridan county widowed by

A disturbance case against L.N. Larson was dismissed yesterday in Sheridan’s police court, based on the declaration by the city attorney that the chief witness for the prosecution couldn’t be located. A.J. Hewitt of the Bootery left yesterday for St. Louis to attend a convention of Walk-Over shoemen. City Commissioner Loucks, aided by men loaned

Prompt action by the fire department at 7:30 this morning, together with the incombustible quality of the building, prevented the destruction of the Kutcher block at the northwest corner of Main and Works streets. The fire originated in the basement in a pile of pasteboard boxes, but how is not determined. Fifteen below zero was …

Eleven of the 22 saloon licenses in Sheridan expired at midnight. All have been officially renewed by the council, and the new licenses will be issued as soon as the applicants pay the $1,300 exacted for the license year. It seemed as if every steam whistle in Sheridan broke out into a concert welcoming the …

Sheridan county enthusiasts for good roads and elaborate highway improvement voted at a meeting last night to ask legislators in the coming session to amend the existing automobile tax law so that, instead of the present annual tax of $5 on each machine, the tax should be 1 cent a pound on the machine’s weight. …