The Depew Independent March 12, 1920 Oil News The Wilcox Company have a rig up in Section 2, 15, 8, just east of the poor farm, on Albert Kelly land. It is about half way between Depew and Bristow. The Prairie test south of town are down about 1550 feet. We understand that they got about 30 feet of sand a few days ago, but no oil or gas. The rig is being put up on the Dr. Lumm land in Section 8, township 14, range 8, six miles south of town. The Prairie are also putting down this test. ----- Wilbert Harrington drove to Stillwater Tuesday to attend the funeral of Captain Bob Lowrey. Captain Lowrey was an ‘89er in Oklahoma and a prominent lawyer and citizen. During the Spanish-American war he commanded the company of which Mr. Harrington was a member. He was a man of strong convictions and had many warm friends throughout Oklahoma who will regret to hear of his death. Mr. Kinch accompanied Mr. Harrington and visited his son Charles while at Stillwater. ----- Marshal Pilkinton and Councilman Sexton have been doing some good work on the road leading up from the depot past Mayor Wynn’s place of business. ----- Mrs. Peaters, wife of the gentleman that bought the Middleton farm, died at her home the first of the week of appoplexy. She was buried at the cemetery in Bristow. She had not lived here but a short time but was highly respected and loved by her new neighbors. She leaves a husband and several children to mourn her death. ----- To Improve Mail Service There is talk of asking the post office department to give us another mail west each day. As it is we just have one mail going west and that is at 5:15 each evening. Ten years ago when Depew was a small town we received mail off of nearly every train and as the town grows we see no reason why we should not have better mail service.

Fine Breeding Stock W.B. Bennett received a fine Percheron Horse and the largest Jack we have ever seen last Saturday from Missouri. He had purchased them some time ago. We are pleased to see our farmers interested in raising better stock and the kind that Mr. Bennett has layed out hard cash for should be appreciated by our horsemen. ----- Our new baker seems to be about the busiest man in town. ----- Monday evening the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Snyder caught fire from the gas stove and the mother while putting out the fire from the child’s clothes burned her hands quite severely. Miss Florence Morse, her sister was also burned some in helping extinguish the flames. All are getting along nicely. ----- Lee Ragon returned from Arizona yesterday after spending several months and some money in that country. He is looking much improved in health and says that it is worth the price of admission. ----- Mrs. Kilgore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Sampson came down from Bristow Wednesday. ----- W. K. Winton and family have moved back to Depew from Skiatook, where they have been living for the past two or three years. ----- W.C. Greene left Wednesday for Claremore to take the baths for his rheumatism. ----- Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Sampson were at Sand Springs Tuesday attending the funeral of Mrs. Johnson, a sister of Mrs. Sampson. She had died of the flu. ----- A demonstrator has been showing off a new kind of grindstone this week at the P & H Hardware store. The gentleman spent four years in France and brought back to this country one of their most fair flowers. He is teaching her to talk English and she is ditto him to talk French. ----- Seven Passenger Hudson Super-6 for sale. Ask Independent about it.