The city council at a meeting this morning received a petition asking that an election be held to vote bonds for purchase of the Small property on Main street so that Smith street could be opened through. The election would also include bonds for the purchase of Mount Hope cemetery. The council will consider the …

Forty men, including the 10 men comprising the state road gang, are battling with a forest fire raging in the Big Horn mountains in the vicinity of Black Mountain. The fire is presumably from the fire of campers and is in a dense growth of lodgepole pine and spruce. The funeral of the late Herbert …

Sheridan’s Golden Rule store has announced a “Clean Slate Sale” starting the day after Labor Day. Sales include Queen Quality boots for $2.98, 59 cents for embroidered pillow cases, work shirts for 39 cents and one day only, men’s 10-cent white handkerchiefs for 4 cents. Also, Country Gentleman canned corn for 10 cents. Minister Arthur

Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Hoagland returned to their home at Arvada today after spending a couple of days in Sheridan attending to business matters. James D. Hayes has purchased a new Buick D 35, the little four-cylinder car that is doing such wonderful work. One new driver is reported to have gone all the way …

The Central Market has prime beef roasts, choice pork steak and choice pork roasts, all for 18 cents a pound. Fresh hamburger and sausage are 15 cents a pound. Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a five-room house at the south end of Canby street at 1 o’clock this afternoon. The house belonged to William …

Robert Allen Coffeen, owner of the Teepee store and prominent in the development of the Sheridan country, died this afternoon in Pasadena, Calif., where he had been for several months. Death was due to a complication of diseases. J.W. Collins of Arvada left Friday with a shipment of cattle for Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Rowell, and …

C.S. Barrett, national president of the Farmers Union, will arrive in Sheridan tomorrow. Tomorrow evening, he will address the farmers at Luce’s Hall in Big Horn, and on Friday, he will be in Banner. He will address farmers in Ranchester Saturday afternoon, and in Parkman Saturday night. Almost 50 automobiles were parked to view the …

Special street car service has been arranged to handle the people from the mines on Labor Day. The first car will leave Monarch and Acme at 7 o’clock, and the next at 9 o’clock. Cars will leave Dietz 30 minutes later. Everybody is invited to the North Side chapel tonight for an ice cream social. …

Three polo teams played six periods in an exhibition match at the Polo ranch yesterday afternoon. The Polo ranch team made six goals, and the other two teams one goal each. The game was witnessed by nearly 300 people; there were 50 automobiles parked along the west side of the field. The sisters of the …

C.H. Thatcher, manager of the Sheridan Sugar company, is driving a new Dodge car purchased from local agent R.C. Tarrant. Sheridan agent Eff Sharp is offering a good five-room house and two 50-by-150-foot lots, small barn, chicken house and park, and a good cave, all for just $1,000. Foxhall Keene, who is probably the greatest …