The principal intermediate point on the railroad line up Clear creek valley from Clearmont to Buffalo at last has a name that is satisfactory to all parties and will probably become permanent. The name so chosen is Ucross. The name is unique and has the added merit of commemorating one of the best-known ranches of …

The December term of the district court is due to convene next Monday. Of the 31 civil cases listed on the docket, 22 are actions for divorce. The beet grinding campaign for the Sheridan Sugar company will probably close for the year tomorrow, or on Sunday. Several days next week will be required for completing …

Commissioner F.C. Poll, who has charge of the Sheridan water system, made a trip along the supply lines yesterday and today and reports that everything connected with the water system is now in readiness for the winter. Carroll resident Will King is busy hauling coal with a four-horse team, laying in his supply for the …

New slate blackboards were installed at the Ranchester school during Thanksgiving vacation. They are second to none in the county. Organization of the Sheridan camera club will be completed in a meeting tonight to be held in the Commercial club rooms. A tentative organization was effected and officers elected at a meeting two weeks ago. …

J.E. Johnson of Sheridan has been awarded the contract for building a reservoir and changing the channel of Clear creek at the Double Crossing. The contract is in the amount of about $5,000 and was awarded by the local agents of the Leiter estate. Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Henderson and children of Sheridan were weekend …

Nearly 30 high school students worked yesterday, and nearly a dozen today, in the beet fields of the Adams ranch on Little Goose creek. As a result, the Adams ranch is ahead by eight acres of beets that had been almost regarded as lost after they were frozen into the ground. Mrs. Sopha Schaubel and …

There was no school at Sheridan’s high school last Tuesday, owing to the great amount of water in the furnace room, which made it impossible to have a fire. The dance given in Ranchester tonight was a decided success. The Monarch orchestra provided the music, and several people from the mines attended. Mr. and Mrs. …

Starting tomorrow and continuing until Dec. 9, America will once more observe Electrical Week, a time to pay tribute to this wonderful power. Electricity is coming more and more into general use. As part of the observance, Sheridan County Electric Co. will see that your home is wired for electricity and won’t bill you until …

Today is Thanksgiving Day, both by decree of the president of the United States and the governor of Wyoming, and is a general holiday on which the people are sought to suspend business and give thanks. Miss Leona White, teacher at the Red Butte school, and her pupils, gave a box social last Saturday evening. …

At a special meeting today, Sheridan’s city council granted an extension of time, until June 1, 1917, to the Warren Construction company to complete the paving of North Main street. Howard Eaton and John Duncan, of Eaton Brothers ranch on Wolf creek, returned to Sheridan today after practically three months of continued absence. During that …