The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-26

newspaper reporter is concerned
that description Was literally true
ut the tim, be- enlisted at the Pre-.
sidiu m tho regular army. lie did
his last newspaper assignment and
LETT his home uuannounCed i'm order
To- get iu tho ranks and he actually
"lit' fighting. In fact no had 10
fight.
Kcnucy presented himself at the
Preside. passed tho necessary cX-
aminatlons ana was assigned 20 a
regiment that was about TO leave
for the PHILIPPINES, that was u rca-
son that he went TO the Preside
10 enlist. Before kcnncy could got
located, the regulars who had been
In the regiment FOR years began tu
haze him and some OF them
were Veritnblo Wildcats. They kept
after kcnncy untll In desperation
ho declared.
81 can't whip tho whole regiment
combined, but 10 you --22'l1?-----
Will come pno at time I'll whip
the whole outfit
In addition to being a newspaper
reporter Kcnncy had been some
thing Of "A boxer In an amateur
way back In Pittsburgh, Pa. ana
he was In earnest when he offered
to whip the whole regiment, a
man at time And he was as good
ms his word. The wildcats OF the
regiment commenced to step for
ward and he actually whipped six
" them single handed before they
admitted that they believed he
could do the job and drew him to.
their bosoms,
Came out Lieutenant.
That was back about twenty
years ago, or during the timo the
United states was sending regi-
ments to the Philippines to hold
the ISLANDERS In hand that Konney
enlisted and saw service In several
Of the islands. he came out a llou-
tenant and remained In the service
In fact until after the close OF the
world war, during which he won
COlonclCy IN the air service over
there" lie was stationed at differ
ent times In oklahoma, with Perish
ing at oklahoma city and for a
considerable length OF time at Fort
Sill. as well as along the border
and In various southwestern forts
n residence that finally won MIN
Indefinitely fOr this section OF the
country.
The credit Is given to Kcnney
then lieutenant at Oklahoma city
on Pershing's staff, of suggesting
to the party OF Pittsburghers who
have since made northern Okla
hOmn great In an oil way that the
oil possibilities OF this district were
remarkable ana induced them 20
migrate. While at oklahoma City
Lieutenant Kenney became ac-
quainted with tho Miller brothers
of the l0l Ranch and he old T.,
W. Marlund OF the possibilities. The
result was that Marland came to
oklahoma, organized the i0l
Ranch oil company and started
himself ana the district In build
ing another empire.
The world war found Kenny
ready He was one OF the first 10
go overseas with Pcrshing and he
entered the air service along with
General W, J.. Henley. another
ponCa city oil man. who was In
charge Of the entire air department
In Europe for tho United states.
And when Kenncy returned TO-
America he found two welcomes
awaiting hlm-one at Knoxville, the
place where he was born, and the
case Of brass bands. speeches and
wild hurrahs nt both places. 1t isl
said that Pittsburgh offered to
banquet him also II he would but
show up.
OF the Wcst--Ncstcrn.
While kcnnoy, then "a lieutenant,
was stationed at oklahoma City
with Pcrshing and later at Fort
Slll 70 was his great delight TO have
tendeufoot friends visit him from
Pittsburgh ana other places back
east ana then to get them thorough
~ Initiated In the ways OF the west.
Following the arrival Of such
friend, there was a continuous pro-
gram OF snipe hunts, badger fights,
Indian battles and everything else
that can be thought Of In tho west
TO do 20 a tcndcrfoot. Kenney's
friends always got both barrels and
/ sometimes both M once. keuncy
Invariably brought these friends to
the l0l Ranch, whore the programs
were pulled OF.
one such friend. who was thus
turned over TO the mcrCiCs of cow
boys and other bordoU-dav charaC-
ters, was Pittsburgh doctor.
man with whom kenncy had been
In school and with whom he had
done the social stunt in Pittsburgh
ons many an occasion, lie went first
TO Fort sin but Il was not long
until he was 80 the 10t Ranch,
whore the program OF happenings
started forthwith, He was invited
to accompany the Millers and n
bunch OF cowboys to Ponca City, a
distance OF about nine miles, but
was told that the party might be
held mp by Indians az such a thing,
he was told, frequently occurred at
a small raVine about mile north
OF the white house" the official
residence on the ranch.
And the Indians did appear. The
trip 10 PonCa city was made with
out anything happening but on the
return trip the party was sur
rounded by Indians and a pitched
battle followed. The doctor. OF
course. did not know that only blank