Ornamental lighting for Main street is assured through final passage of an ordinance by the city council this morning that provides for installation of 66 ornamental posts on Main street between Burkitt and Dow streets. Concurrently with the ordinance, the city enters into a contract with the Sheridan County Electric Company to operate the lights …

A Look Back in Time: Feb. 1, 1920 February 1, 2020 Pat Blair Now here’s Sheridan Media’s look back in time, to 100 years ago, by reporter Pat Blair as published in the Sheridan Enterprise newspaper on Feb. 1, 1920. —————————————————- Tom Davis of Dayton went to Billings today to visit John Smith, an old …

Ernest Blanchard Williams, a pioneer of the Sheridan country, died at the state hospital here at 4:30 o’clock this morning. Death was the result of a cancer with which he had been suffering since the latter part of December. Some 35 couples attended the Sugar Boys Club dance at the Odd Fellows Hall last night. …

Conservatively estimated, there will be 6,000 acres of beets planted in the Sheridan territory in 1920, according to E. F. Ogburn. Plans for the coming crop campaign are well under way. The Sheridan Commercial Club in a meeting tonight will consider motor transportation to adjoining towns and communities in the trade territory of Sheridan. The …

Another important step in the good roads program for Sheridan county was taken at a noonday luncheon today at which a hundred farmers, ranchers and business men discussed ways of building good roads and maintaining the roads that have already been built. E. A. Davis of Sheridan and J. C. Logsdon of Billings propose to …

An attempt to rob the Court Basket store last night was frustrated by a passerby who came upon the man trying to force an entrance at the rear door. The man fled, but police were notified, and the would-be burglar was apprehended. A man has been arrested by the sheriff, and information will probably be …

A city ordinance is proposed that will make it a misdemeanor to execute any self-styled indecent dance steps, such as the “shimmy” and the “hugmetighterdance.” Three boys, all under 13 years of age, will appear in police court this afternoon to answer to a charge of burglarizing the Farmers and Consumers Cooperative company store last …

Judge R. P. Parker has returned home from Denver where he spent an interesting week attending the Denver Stock Show. He reports that 25,000 people were at the event. C. L. Titus, Wyoming district manager for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company, and R. P. Spoor, district traffic supervisor, arrived today from Cheyenne to …

Between 300 and 400 people in Sheridan have been ill during the past 10 days with influenza, but Dr. F. A. Hodson, county health officer, said the disease was in a mild form, and no pneumonia cases had been reported. The Sheridan Sugar company reported that 17,000 bags of sugar were manufactured from the 1919 …

Enumeration of the census in Sheridan closed last night after an extension of time had been granted to allow for the listing of any families that had been overlooked. No information on the population can be secured at this time. Bert Bateman, a mine run switch operator, is confined to his home at 38 West …