Sheridan faces an acute coal famine. Already there are 100 families here who have no coal, and should low temperatures continue to prevail, the situation will rapidly become desperate. County commissioners at a special meeting yesterday passed a resolution that the county will place and maintain the Dayton mountain road in a satisfactory condition to

Notwithstanding reports on the streets today that mines in the Sheridan field had shut down again, all were working except Carneyville, which had shut down for the funeral of a miner killed there by a fall of coal on Wednesday. Nobles and novices from all over the northern half of the state are in attendance …

A storm of protest has been aroused by the action of the county commissioners yesterday in appropriating $2,000 for the Dayton-Kane road. There is a general feeling that the commissioners have failed to recognize the importance of this road, and a movement to increase the appropriation. H. A. Loucks, city fuel administrator, has called for …

The Western hotel re-opened today after being closed the past two months awaiting the arrival of furniture. Thomas W. Bradley of Billings, Montana, was the first guest to register. While it was closed, the hotel has been thoroughly renovated. The county commissioners have appropriated $2,000 for use on Dayton-Kane mountain road. They instructed the county

At 6 o’clock this morning, the temperature was 25 below zero, which was the coldest that it’s been since Jan. 31, 1918, when a temperature of 32 below was recorded at the local weather bureau. Will Mattox, who resides at Parkman, is in Sheridan attending to business matters. Also in Sheridan is G. A. Blake, …

The price of coal dropped in Sheridan today to $6 per ton. All consumers who purchased coal for $7 per ton from local retail dealers since Nov. 16 will receive a refund of 95 cents per ton. This is the result of the ruling of the government in the settlement of the coal strike. Mr. …

Without a doubt, there were few homes in Sheridan today where the hospitality did not prevail. Some who entertained Thanksgiving guests were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kahn, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McNally, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Taffner and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dorman. L. M. DeVine is in Sheridan from the PK …

Emphasizing his determination to enforce the provisions of a federal injunction prohibiting conspiracies to promote the coal strike, Major Warren Dean, military commander of Northern Wyoming, headed a military detachment into the coal fields of Sheridan County today. Fifty-two miners were taken into custody. The football game between Billings Poly and

The improvement of North Main street will begin at once, immediate action having been decided on at a meeting of the city council this morning. The action was taken because of the impassable condition of the road. Trucks and vehicles of all kinds have been mired, and the street car service interrupted. Charles Frank Francis …

Earl D. Hawkey and George Williams of Ucross came to Sheridan today to spend a day attending to business matters and visiting friends. They are guests at the Crescent hotel. W. W. Alderson returned tonight from shipping cattle to Kansas City. He returned by the way of Denver, where he visited Mrs. Alderson who is …