The Salvation Army drive opened today, and everywhere the teams met with success, indicating a splendid interest on the part of the public in the efforts of the Salvation Army here. Fifty-six hundredths of an inch of rain fell in Sheridan yesterday afternoon and last night, which nearly equals the total precipitation for the months …

Thousands of people are celebrating in Acme today where a big community picnic, sports, ball games, dancing and other forms of entertainment are being held in observance of Labor Day. Visitors in Sheridan today include Frank E. Long of Buffalo and E.E. Conway of Dayton. Belle Shankton from the IXL ranch is registered at the …

Blanche Alexander Rice, who’s county superintendent of schools, received notice today that vaccination of all school children against small pox is a prerequisite before entering the schools of Wyoming. A.H. Leonard, who’s a proprietor of the famous “Scotty” Phillips herd of buffalo in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, has contracted with the L. & M.

Blanche Alexander Rice, who’s county superintendent of schools, received notice today that vaccination of all school children against small pox is a prerequisite before entering the schools of Wyoming. A.H. Leonard, who’s a proprietor of the famous “Scotty” Phillips herd of buffalo in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, has contracted with the L. & M.

The abstract of the assessment roll recently completed by County Assessor John X. Morris shows a gain of more than $3 million in the valuation of Sheridan County property. The abstract shows a total valuation of more than $24 million. Plans are virtually completed for a campaign to secure $30,000 for construction of a Salvation …

W.D. Fisher, secretary of the Sheridan Commercial club, has launched a campaign for a new highway, 2,700 miles in length to run from Omaha to Glacier National park. The highway would be called the Custer Battlefield Scenic Highway and would pass through Sundance, Gillette and Sheridan. Sheridan county had a direct monetary investment in the …

T.T. Tynan, proprietor of the Tynan Furniture company in Sheridan, said the train on which he returned last night from a trip on the Pacific Coast, traveled for miles through the burning forests of Montana. He said heavy clouds of smoke made it impossible to see more than a short distance, and at times the …

Of 16 banks in Wyoming that have shown increases, with total deposits exceeding $26 million, the largest is the Bank of Commerce in Sheridan, with deposits of more than $1.5 million. Mrs. Agnes Hotchkiss of Dietz has returned home after visiting with relatives in Kooi for a month. Dr. Clegg of Monarch was a visitor …

Forest fires in Montana and Idaho are causing skies in Sheridan to be clouded with smoke, and patrolling the Big Horn forest for fires locally has been rendered exceedingly difficult during the last few days. Mrs. Fred Baker and sons Floyd and Virgil motored from Sheridan Saturday to their ranch on Buffalo creek. Mrs. Baker …

Dr. G.H. Buffum and Lieutenant Carl Griffon, owner and pilot of the machine to be used by the Sheridan Enterprise to deliver an airplane extra to Buffalo, attended a meeting of the Commercial club today to outline the advantages that would come to Sheridan by having a landing field that would conform to government requirements. …