Appropriations totaling $123,779.47 are provided for in the annual budget adopted by the Sheridan city commissioners at a meeting today. The city police department is to be enlarged, and an eight-hour day adopted for officers instead of the current 12-hour day. E.R. Harris had a phone installed at his ranch on Soldier Creek. The tennis …

Onyx silk hose are on sale at Sheridan’s Golden Rule store, starting at 50 cents. Also on sale are fancy aprons, appreciated by every woman, from 29 to 59 cents, and silver brush and comb sets from $1.98 to $10. Ladies, tell your husband that the gift you want for Christmas this year is the …

The newly elected officers of Sheridan Chapter 7, Royal Arch Masons, and Naomi Chapter 2, Order of the Eastern Star, were installed in joint ceremonies tonight. Nearly 150 teachers from city and rural schools in Sheridan county are attending the institute sessions being held at the high school this week. The sessions opened this morning …

Mrs. A.M. Luce and the Misses May Jacobs and Beulah Grimes, teachers of the schools at Ranchester, left on Engine 42 at noon today for Sheridan. They will attend the teachers institute which is convening at Sheridan for a five-day session. The Jupiter Athletic and Pleasure club of Ulm will give their first annual ball …

Letters were awarded yesterday evening to members of the Sheridan high school football team who participated in the required number of games during the past season. A letter was also presented to Coach Hewitt for his work during the season. A jury in Justice Story’s court yesterday afternoon awarded $67, the full amount of his …

Mrs. Mary Taylor of Sheridan left today for a short visit at Lincoln, Neb. Sixteen novices ventured upon the burning sands at the edge of the Oasis of Sheridan this afternoon for the annual ceremonial at Sheridan’s Kalif Temple. The concluding banquet was held at the Sheridan Inn. Owing to the bad weather Tuesday, there …

Harvey Mooney of Murphy Gulch was a business visitor at Lowery’s on Dutch creek Monday. Olie Kitchel of Buffalo Creek was a business caller in Clearmont yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. George Lord were dinner guests in Sheridan this evening of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Walsh of Sheridan were hosts this …

The schools in Sheridan will close Friday afternoon and remain closed until Tuesday, Jan. 2. During the first week of the vacation, the teachers will be required to attend institute. Bloom’s in Sheridan suggests that a trunk, suit-case or traveling bag makes an excellent and most appreciative Christmas gift. Men’s street gloves are now on

Six new citizens were created by the district court of Sheridan County today. They are Daniel T. Williams, a native of Wales; Benjamin R. Joyce, a native of England; Frank Nasalka, from Austria; James Mates Jr., also from Austria; Herman Meyer, born a subject of the kaiser; and Bert Bondi, an Italian. Practice is progressing …