The Depew Independent September 10, 1920 Depew’s Gasoline Well The big Prairie gas well two miles south of town is getting better every day. This well started off with a small flow of gas and has gradually increased until it is making nearly 20 million feet of gas each day. One night recently five barrels of gasoline was saved from the drip. One fellow tried some of it in his Lizzie and he says it put the pep where it is most needed. When the weather gets cold it is probable that pure gasoline will flow from this well. ----- Woman Drowned in Little Deep Fork Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Lum Pulliam and two small children attempted to ford Little Deep Fork near the Phillip Lee lease and Mrs. Pulliam was drowned. The buggy was taken down stream some two hundred yards and the body of Mrs. Pulliam was found about four hours after the accident several hundred yards from where the catastrophe occured. The children and Mr. Pulliam got out alive, after much difficulty. The funeral was held Sunday and interment in Stroud cemetery. Mrs. Pulliam was a sister of Buhrl Root and a daughter of Mr. J. A. Root, who has been living out a few miles west of town for several years. It is a lamentable accident and mother like, Mrs. Pulliam’s first thought was of the children which she asked her husband to save. ----- Depew Will Have a Cotton Market With four cotton gins in full operation the farmers in the vicinity of Depew need not hesitate to bring their cotton to town. The four gins are prepared to handle all the cotton that comes to town, and the best cotton market in this part of the country will be Depew. Come to Depew with a load of cotton and if you don’t like the way we treat you, we will not ask you to come back. ----- Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Murphy Saturday September 4th, a 16 pound girl. ----- The two little children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mason have been sick this week.

Depew Gets First Bale of Cotton Last Friday evening Hiram Nash, a farmer residing several miles south of Depew, brought in the first load of cotton of the season. A premium of nearly one hundred dollars was raised and given to him. ----- And only 20 Years ago Nobody swatted the fly. Nobody had seen a wrist watch. Nobody had appendicitis. Nobody wore white shoes. Nobody sprayed orchards. Most any young man had livery bills. Farmers came to town for their mail. The heavens were not full of man-birds. Nor the seas alive with underwater boats. The hired girl drew $1.50 a week and was happy. The butcher "threw in" a chunk of liver. The merchant "threw in" a pair of suspenders with every suit. Nobody "listened in" on the telephone. There were no sane Fourths nor electric meters. Straw stacks were burned instead of baled. Publishing a country newspaper was not a business-it was a dueling game. There were no bolshevists nor international anarchists. The safety razor had not introduced the clean shaven face. ----- School Opened Monday Depew public school opened Monday morning with an increased attendance. With Prof. Norvell at the helm and a competent staff of teachers, we are expecting to have the best term of school this year that we have ever had. ----- A prominent Shamrock citizen came into the office Tuesday and asked us to "romp" on somebody for not cutting the weeds on the sides of the walk leading from the main part of town to the depot. It was pointed out that when there was dew on the weeds and grass, a lady could not walk up or down the walk without getting her skirts dedrabbled. ----- Little Walter Bryden is quite sick with pneumonia.