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 …

Peter Kooi, who for more than a decade has been one of the prominent coal operators in the Sheridan field, has been selected as president of the Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Company. The new corporation organized following the merger of the mines in the Sheridan field on Dec. 31. A delegation of Gillette business men arrived in …

Sheridan County Assessor John X. Morris has returned from a meeting of the state board of equalization in Cheyenne. He reports that valuations in Sheridan county will remain unchanged during the present year. Articles of incorporation have been filed under the name of the Sheridan-Wyoming Coal company for the $8 million company that took over …

Representatives of Sheridan, Clearmont and Buffalo at a meeting in Clearmont yesterday pledged support of any program for development of good roads in northern Wyoming. A district court jury awarded $100 to Susan A. Marcum of Dayton in a suit in which she sought $3,500 as a result of injuries she claimed to receive in …

In a report to the city council this morning, City Engineer E. C. Gwillam said only one proposed paving district in Sheridan was voted down by the protests of property owners within the district. City Commissioner W. G. Birkhaeuser today introduced an ordinance providing for the installation of 66 ornamental light posts on Main street. …