The Prescott daily news., 1916-09-07

Henry Ford had ordered and was giving a parade which consisted Inf 12,OO0 Fords and which reached 1 miles in length. After the parade dinner was served free to the many owners of the "Tin Lizzies" ard em- ployes of the company.
 The new million dollar State Capi- tol building is rapidly going up. The roof Is on, and most of the massive stone blocks are in place by the solid reinforced concrete foundation, mak- ing the single piece one great build ing. This building is under contract to accommodate the Oklahoma legis- lature opening in January, 1917. It IS announced that its construction is now three months ahead of time in if , progress.
 Oklahoma City has just voted bond issue of $1,500,0O0.O0 to establish reservoir to guarantee a supply of S,6O0,0O0,000 gallons of water for fire protection, on which work the engin- eering has begun. No city in thls region has more money invested in schools and churches than has Okla homa City. This city aspires to be and with the enterprise of its commer- cial body and it's private citizenship no doubt will be the metropolis Of the great Southwest.
 To it's citizenship every town, city and country is indebted for its pre- gress. Without good citizens this city so often referred to already would be a wreck. You must remember that l it is recognized in Oklahoma City that Arkansas mothered and fostered the boys that grew to make Okla homa's progressive business men.
 was glad to find Brother Robert doing so well. He spent quite a bit of time in showing me over the city and adjoining country, for which I feel grateful, but as he had been away from duties to spend a short season with his family at nearby health resort, l was necessarily in his office part of the time His duties are of high responsibility as he is kept busy in imparting legal advice for the state in the capacity of first assistant at torney general. From information I gained through outsiders, who seem to know the workings of Oklahoma politics pretty well, it is quite likely that Robert will be the next attorney general of Oklahoma.
 From Oklahoma City I took tue Santa Fe north to Blackwell. On my way there I went through the noted 10l Ranch at a station known as Bliss From the train l saw a nice herd of buffalos and heard the roar of the animals. Their principal crop on this ranch are alfalfa and kafr The heads of kafir are nearly a foot in length and the stalk about 3 to 3 1-2 feet high. The alfalfa fields had freshly been mown and whole atmos- phere abounded with that sweet aro- ma of new mown hay. The shocks were in rows and extended over the hills as far as I could see. On this ranch was depot, grain elevators and various signs of prosperity, ir cluding an oil well.
 When l reached Blackwell ali was in readiness to give me warm re- ception, as was the case at Oklahoma City, and l again began to view sights but which were somewhat different in nature from those mentioned. Here the chief and only industry that IS at tracting much attention is the oil and gas business and the industries de- veloped by these. Brother Virgil had kept me posted pretty well through correspondence as to the nature of the developments there, but l was sur prised to see the immense business