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BJORNSEN MONUMENT, FARGO, N. D. 
The memorial occupies a choice site in City Park, near the 
lake, where it is surrounded by flowers, with a background of 
fine trees in the distance. 
The pedestal is of Colorado gray granite with two dies of 
red Wisconsin granite, and was designed and executed by W. 
J. Higman, of the Denver Marble and Granite Co., the Colo- 
rado material being from their quarries at Silver Plume, The 
lower base is ii-oxii-oxi-6 ; the second base, 9-OX9-OXI-4, and 
the total height, 27 feet. The monument cost about $10,000, 
which was raised by popular contributions. 
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Plans are being discussed to preserve in bronze Charles H. 
Niehaus’ equestrian statue, “The Apotheosis of St. Louis,” 
at the World’s Fair, and an effort is being made to permanently 
or temporarily preserve some of the other notable outdoor 
statuary. Director Karl Bitter, in a recent interview in the 
St. Louis Republic, speaks of the plan as follows : “My pet 
scheme was to have that part of the Exposition grounds be- 
tween the Varied Industries and the Manufactures buildings 
and extending from the statue of St. Louis to the art build- 
ing on the hill, laid out on the lines of a formal park. 
“The statue of St. Louis at one end, with the arts building 
directly opposite on an eminence and commanding an un- 
obstructed view, would be, 
in my judgment, an admir- 
able plan. Along the boule- 
vard, from the statue of St. 
Louis to the arts building, 
I should place the best of 
the statues now on the 
grounds. For instance, 
those of La Salle and 
Laclede at one end, oppo- 
site each other ; those of 
Jefferson and Napoleon at 
the other, while the Louis- 
iana Purchase Monument 
might be moved and placed 
facing the proposed boule- 
vard, directly beneath the 
arts building. Other statues, such as those of De Soto and 
Joliet, could be removed and erected at desirable spots along 
the thoroughfare. 
Rudolph Evans has nearly completed in Paris his model for 
the monument to J. Sterling Morton to be erected in Morton 
Park, Nebraska City, Neb., by the 
t Arbor Day Memorial Association. 
It is planned to unveil the statue 
on Arbor Day, April 22, 1905. 
An eighteen-year-old girl was 
recently killed in Washington 
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., by 
the toppling over Of a monument. 
The monument was a granite 
shaft four feet high, and fell 
across the girl’s head, pinning her 
to the ground as she was kneel- 
ing in prayer. The accident is 
about fifty new graves, which had 
The number of Bismarck monuments of all kinds in Ger- 
many and other European countries now exceeds three hun- 
dred by one. 
ROBERT BURNS MONUMENT, DENVER, COL. 
“That section is now well laid out. Trees are planted on 
either side. All that would be necessary would be to have a 
few beds of flowers placed at intervals along the boulevard. 
This could be done at a trifling cost — possibly $1,000 or $2,000 
— and would add immensely to the beauty of the spot where 
so many historic ceremonies have taken place. The people of 
St. Louis should certainly have something left after the close 
of the Exposition as a reminder of the grandeur that exists 
there to-day. It seems a pity that the excellent sculpture now 
on the grounds should be destroyed. 
“A coat of paint once a year would preserve them for at 
least fifteen and maybe twenty-five years. There may be some 
question as to the pedestals lasting that long, but an extra 
coating of cement would, I believe, overcome any deteriora- 
tion in these. The statues are made of a substance far supe- 
rior to plaster and a little paint is all that is necessary to pre- 
serve them. They have been exposed to all sorts of atmo- 
sphere — snow, ice and rain — and have also been subjected to the 
sun’s rays, yet they remain, for the most part, almost perfect.” 
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