The Depew Independent
May 21, 1920
Senator Gore in Town
Last Saturday afternoon Depew was visited by the Blind Senator
from Oklahoma. He received a warm welcome from his many Socialist
friends residing in Depew. He left here for Drumright where he
was scheduled to make an address, telling the "deer peepul"
why he should be sent back to the United States Senate. He talked
to a large crowd at Bristow in the forenoon.
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Boxing Match Saturday Night
The boxing match that was advertised for last Saturday night was
postponed until Saturday night May 22nd. A Stroud negro has been
matched for ten rounds with Depew’s Sam Williams. This will be
worth the price of admission. A couple of young fellows from Tulsa
and Sapulpa will also go ten rounds, besides the main event of
15 rounds. Joe Kader, the promoter should be greeted Saturday
night with a "full house."
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Attempted To Rob Bank
An unsuccessful attempt was made Wednesday night to enter the
vault of the First State Bank. Entrance was gained through an
east window. George Stark was on duty, the regular man being away,
when he noticed a certain flopping around in the bank. He went
to the telephone and called James West and ask him if he left
a window up. Mr. West came down and it was discovered that a man
or men had been chistling away at the east side of the vault,
but had not gotten very far towards the valuables that might have
been in the vault.
When Mr. Stark first noticed or suspicioned that someone was in
the building he went to the Ford Service Station to call Mr. West
and it happened that the Marshal of Shamrock was at the garage
so they both went to the bank, but the bird had flown.
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The trial of Orley Hayhurst, Ula Griggs and Lydia Cronin is on
at Sapulpa today.
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The Rural Telephone Company with their line running south from
Depew, have completed same and are now in communication with the
outside world.
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It Makes the Rough Places Smooth
W. W. McFarland has recently installed a Walter Lee Trip Hammer
and the way that kritter takes the rough places out of a plow
share is not slow. It is quite an improvement to his already well
equipped shop. He has one of the finest equipped blacksmith shops
in this part of the state.
There is an old saying that "necessity is the mother of invention"
but in the case of this trip hammer we are inclined to believe
that laziness entered into the deal. With a few more inventions
like this one it would not be necessary for the "smithy"
to sweat so much.
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The Talk of Today
By Joe Kader
Since everybody started wearing overalls of blue,
It made us all feel funny to think it could be true;
But since the cost of clothing is away up in the air,
The people all have organized for overalls to wear.
I saw a fellow yesterday while walking up the street,
He wore a pair of overalls, with ruffles at the feet;
He wore a norfork jumper and it buckled at the front,
The comedy was there, and I will say it was a stunt.
Now if a fellow wants to be in style with all the rest,
To try to put the cost of clothing to a lower test,
He must not dress so funny so he’d look like Noah’s ark
’cause the only chance he’d have outside, would be out in the
dark.
You’ll never see the senate wear the overalls they say,
Because they have no time to throw their working clothes away.
I s’pose that they would also like to cut the cost too,
So we’ll just wait some more, and see what they expect to do.
So folks just stay together you just wear the overalls,
Until the day will come around when all the high cost falls;
Keep up your good old back-bone, keep the profiteers away,
And remember that old adage, -every dog will have its day.’
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