The Depew Independent January 16, 1920 Big Garage For Depew A deal was made Wednesday morning whereby Hicks & Bland became the owners of lots 12 and 13, block 19 just east of the new post office building. They will start a building thereon at once. The building will house their garage and will be 50 foot wide and will run back nearly to the alley. Hicks & Bland are new comers to our town but do not lack faith in our future. The Independent welcomes them to our midst and belleves that there will soon be plenty of work for all the garages we can build. The two lots were purchased of W.F. Malley and O.D. Lutz, through the Independent man. ----- The graded roads are almost impassible. The recent snow and rains have softened them up and great holes are worn into them about the only safe way to get over them is in an airplane. We understand that it will not be long until the Trail will be chatted then some of our road troubles will be over. ----- The drill in the Prairie test in Section 13, south of town is going down into the earth as fast as possible. A double shift is working and the work is being pushed 24 hours out of each day. ----- W.F. Malley is taking the school census this week. ----- K. Wasoff was here from Muskogee today. He owns some valuable property in Depew which he purchased several years ago. ----- W.M. Mcguffee has been appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees from the second ward to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Chas. W. Pettegrew. ----- The Sunday school made some $72.00 at their box and pie supper Tuesday night. The proceeds go toward paying for a piano that was recently purchased for the church.

Two More Stone Buildings for Depew The first of the week W.F. Malley sold the two lots on the corner of Main and Malley Ave. To O.D. Lutz and Chas. Carson. The gentlemen will start the erection of two stone buildings at once. One building is to be 50x100 feet facing Main street and the other one will face Malley Ave. and be 30x50 in size. The larger building will house a garage and the smaller one will be for rent for a store building. They have not fully decided whether the building will be one or more stories high. Watch Depew grow. ----- Go To Church Day Let "go to church" be your slogan next Sunday. Come out and hear a good sermon, and get acquainted with the pastor. Subject: Christ ----- We are having lots of fun with our gasoline engine today and from the looks of things at this writing the Independent may be a little late this week. We will be glad when Depew gets in the electric light class, then we trust our engine troubles will be over. ----- Several teams are now hauling oil field material out of Depew. The casing for the Prairie test in 13-15-7 is being hauled out of here and material for the well in section 5-15-7 is being hauled from Depew. -------------------- Frank Whitfield has recently purchased a 40 acre tract of land just northwest of town and is building a nice home thereon. We understand that he is going to have the tract platted and sell the lots to the colored folks for an addition to Depew. ----- The daily papers are telling of a railroad that is to be built from Bristow to Oklahoma City. We also hear that a railroad is to be built from Bristow to Drumright. According to the newspapers it will not be long until actual work commences on them. ----- W.F. Malley is figuring on erecting several residences in Depew as soon as the weather gets a little warmer. W.F. Parshall is attending the Hardware Men’s convention in Kansas City, Mo., this week.