The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-26
WITH TRAVELLERS
MISS MARY MT<INLEY 4 SUCCESSFUL
OKLAHOMA SPECTATOR.
About Late Presidents Niece and
of Indian ShfftIessness.

Perhaps the most interesting real-estate
Spectator in all the Southwest is Miss
Mary Mckinley, niece of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and the daughter of Abner
Mckinley. She is a resident of Oklahoma
City. ]. w. Ripy, OF that place. who was
at the Spencer House last night, told of
the operations of Miss Mckinley in con-
nection with other interesting facts relat-
ing to Oklahoma Territory. Miss McKin-
leg is clerk in the State National Bank
at Oklahoma City. She is a prepossessing
young woman of twenty-seven or twenty
eight. She has been in the present posi-
ton for several years. She began by
buying lots in Oklahoma City, paying about
s125 apiece for them. The real estate she
bought was in what has afterward be-
come a prominent business section, and it
is said the young woman cleaned up
about $4,000 on these deals.
Mr.. Ripy is carriage dealer of Oklahoma
City and came to Indianapolis to purchase
a supply of vehicles from the Parry Man
ufacturing Company. He is accompanied
by G. B. Bandy, of Dallas, Tex, who has
arranged 20 become agent for the Parry
Company at Dallas. Mr.. Ripy says there
is general real-estate boom in Oklahoma
City. Il know of one man who has made
$4,000 in real-estate speculation since last
September" he said last night Mr. Ripy,
like other business men who come from the
Southwest, is not convinced that the In
dian will ever make substantial citizen.
He does not like to work" said Mr.. hlpy,
although the government wants to give
him every chance. The Indians draw ra-
lions regularly from the government, and
with a view TO persuading them to work
and earn their living Uncle Sam has been
cutting his ratiOns 1t has not the
desired effect, however, for the Indians
VIII not till their farms, although some
OF the land the Indians own is as fine for
farming as the crow ever flew over. L
don't see that there is any chance to do
anything with them. 1t is almost impos-
only reply you get is a grunt, unless you
offer of them some whisky. That
seems TO have tendency TO loosen their
tongues" Mr.. Ripy thinks that if it were
not for the soldiers and Indian police that
are kept in the two territories constantly,
there would be trouble with the tribes.
customs" he said. For instance, they
cling to the habit of killing and eating
their dogs. They have one day in the year
for this and ! think it is the third of Au-
gust. On that day they kill all the dogs
they can find and eat them. The Indians
are fond of liquor. a few weeks ago a
government paymaster who wanted to pay
off the Indians on a reservation that lies
near Fort Sill and the new town of Law
ton, sent word TO the officials Of the town
to close all the saloons on the day he was
to be there. There some thirty
saloons in the place. The town
paymaster refused to go there to pay off
the Indians. Instead he had the Indians
come to the town of Hobart, where there
are either no saloons or else they were
closed on that day. AS the amount of
money paid out was something like $500
600, and as all of it would have been spent
that locality are naturally sore over the
matter"