Rachel Whitney, Curator, Sapulpa Historical Museum
Friday, February 19, 1909, Sapulpa Light: Inspector Visits Kiefer
“G.A. Smith, tax inspector, and County Superintendent P.T. Frye made a visit to Kiefer where the inspector sought information relating to the school tax levy. Mr. Smith finds only three of the districts of the county where the levy is excessive, the majority of the districts collecting less than they might have done under the law. The difficulty is that the districts fixed upon the amount to be levied before the value of the property to be taxed was known, thus creating either an excess or a deficiency, unintentionally. The office of the county clerk is the next to be given an inspection by Mr. Smith.”
Friday, February 19, 1915, Creek County Republican: Bristow is Looming Up
“On next Tuesday the citizens of Bristow will vote upon an electric light franchise. The chances are very favorable that it will carry, as not much opposition is being made. Also petitions have been signed asking for a $20,000 bond election for an additional school building, or for additions to the present buildings. The school condition at Bristow is like it is at Sapulpa, in a crowded condition. All teachers have more than their allotted number of pupils. The Frisco is fixing up the depot, too, down there, and if they put in the electric lights and build the school building this summer, they will be busy.”
Thursday, February 19, 1925, County Democrat News: Engineer of Wrecked Freight Injured, Flags Train with Scores of Passengers Aboard
“Seventeen freight cars and the locomotive of a fast freight were piled in a ditch about a mile south of Kellyville about 2:30 Sunday morning and burned in the fire which followed. Two lives were forfeited to one of the most unique accidents in the history of railroading in the United States, another was injured, but not seriously, while report has it that a homeless person also was injured…The bodies were almost incinerated. Recognition of the bodies was made through the scrap of a blue shirt worn by one. The bodies were taken to the Buffington undertaking parlor where they were prepared for burial. They were shipped to Oklahoma City for interment…And while the rest of the train crew, dazed from shock, stood helpless, watching their comrades die, Louis A. Pruitt, the engineer, who had jumped when he saw what happened, inured from his fall, made his way back nearly a mile and flagged a fast passenger, which is due here about 3:40…”
Friday, February 19, 1937, Sapulpa Free Press: Sandites Next for Chieftains
“Spirits soaring and hopes high for a second straight victory the Sapulpa Chieftains will invade Sand Springs tonight for a non-conference tilt that is promised to bring out the fight in these rival quintets, and give the spectators a yelling good time for their money…The locals trounced the Bristow Pirates Tuesday night by a score of 27 to 24 after stopping a fast rally of the visitors in the last few minutes of the game to save the evening and chalk up another victory for the conference standing…”
