A bill disposing of the state hospitals at Rock Springs, Sheridan and Casper passed late yesterday afternoon with an amendment added by Sen. Kooi that eliminated a provision allowing the hospitals to be sold to any purchaser other than the county in which the hospital is located. Residents in Sheridan county have adopted 47 fatherless …

Swan’s Grocery and Market is having a special sale on lard. A 3-pound pail is 90 cents, 6-pound pails are $1.45, and 10-pound pails are $2.80. Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Raycher of Monarch are in town today. The Scales Motor company is unloading a carload of Fordson tractors today. Many of the tractors have already …

A plate glass window in the Waters’ Jewelry store has been broken. Fred W. Freese, general manager of the Sheridan Gas & Fuel Co., is expected home Friday from Chicago and Denver, where he has been on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Griffen and Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Kirkpatrick are home from an …

Elmo Lincoln, Enid Markey and 1,000 others appear in “Tarzan of the Apes,” showing today and tomorrow at Sheridan’s Gem theater. Admission is 15 and 25 cents for the matinee, 25 and 50 cents for the night shows. John Beebee of Clearmont was in Sheridan today. Mr. W.P. Service from Arvada is in Sheridan for …

Having been under consideration since April 1917, Senator Kendrick’s bill authorizing the addition of certain lands to the Wyoming National forest was finally passed through both houses of congress today. The measure is now ready for the president’s signature. Swan’s Grocery and Market has the finest boiling beef for 20 cents. Rossi &

R.E. McNally left today for a trip of two days to Gillette on business. George W. Perry of Sheridan was chosen secretary and Theodore C. Diers of Sheridan was made orator of the Scottish Rite class which completed its work last week in the Consistory at the reunion in Cheyenne. An American soldier from Montana …

Senator Allison’s bill authorizing the state board of charities and reforms to dispose of the state general hospital at Rock Spring and the state branch hospitals at Casper and Sheridan, if not entirely dead, is far advanced toward dissolution. The Sheridan Ministerial Association sent telegrams today to Gov. Robert D. Carey and Tom Powers, president

City Attorney Diefenderfer is back from his long visit to Cheyenne, where he went at the behest of the city council to promote certain legislation desired by cities. Sheridan individuals and business corporations will pay thousands of dollars in war taxes during the year under the provisions of the $6 billion war revenue bill presented …

Rep. Carl Sackett of Sheridan, who is in town today, said the substitute for the Hardin bill, as passed by the house of representatives in Cheyenne, could hardly be termed a prohibition bill at all. Mr. and Mrs. A. Northrop of Buffalo are in Sheridan today. Also in the city is David A. Campbell of …

Rep. Carl Sackett has left the pressing duties in the legislature at Cheyenne to return to Sheridan to welcome the arrival of a fine new son. The boy was born yesterday and weighs seven and a half pounds. Melting weather during the past two days has again created a skating rink on Linden avenue south …