The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-25

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HELENA. March -: Executive Com |
missioner Bickford. Of the board Of |
worlds fair managers. was in Helena !
Yesterday. having inst returned from
Chicago He viii go IL Mssoula today I
10 attead tp ti" shipment of the h"rti /
cultural "viihjt ti"r". and then g" to
G. i,.a r. tss--s. the installation of the /!
stat, e. . tn" Worlds fair. Mr.. |,
t. t4r9r,, tcft Chicago Immediately after
H." casting d the silver statute which /
he SAYS aa- The Zig event in worlds fair !,
guart"sa last week.
Chicago Sunday paPars all contain
hon. upeeuuf. If the scenes attending
The cas-, ,.5 ~ the statue. The work was
DONE by 'h" American Bronze company.
The silver in it amounted to 1861
pounds aud was furnished by ex Clover
nor 5. 7. i!aa ~ and lion. ". \. Clark.
The prime question. says the Chicago
Post. in ii, account was the lnudin-.
American i:ronzr company. has had
twenty wears uf experience He visited
France, hie native country. to learn
few secrets ami get the sand for the
mold. The artisans told him that he
could not successfully cast 50 large IA
statue al SILVER. II WAS impossible they
said IL" rasting would br full If blow
holes and hjistcrs. /, would not be per-
4, l., l.,.s II
The New York. silver statue was onl.
Iittlr oyer threc feet in height,
Not deferred 10y the faint comfort
given him by his eountrymcn. Mr.. Ber-
chem came back and went to work
The clay model over which Sculptor Il.
II Park labored 81 long and 80 hard Was
ready Ia make IL, impress on the sand.
and which in turn was IL envelope the
molten silver and shape il to ii perfect.
clustering creation. For three weeks
Berrhem toiled. packing the sand and
putting the core III the twelve foot pit
! sunk into the floor of the foundry. Fl
/ nalls th. mold was completed. the flask
j tigiltcnd and the big hollow space which
/ represented Ala Rehan standing on her
| head was ready for the pour.
Since eight o'clock IN the morning Il
/ large furnace had been pouring its hot
breath in and around the big plumhago
crucihlc which contained the charge Of
silver. The time set for the event was
high noon. AMI al the approach of the
j nj
small wonder for Il reputation and Il
large amount Of work was represented.
and might bc all spoiled by IA single
clumsy move.
Fred J. Y. Skitf was to have assisted
at the operation. but could not he pres
ent. SO Mrs. Clara Meadow. Il Montana
woman and large mine owner. was Sc
Iected to assist. her duty being simply tn
to place her fingers on the handles OF the
ladle. She was introduced to the audi
ence which now numbered nearly TIVE
hundred. and. after short but fervent
prayer by Dr. o. P. Clifford. the superin
tendent approached the furnace and al
: 1895 drew out the crucible. which con
i tanned small fortune in molten silver
;. Six sturdy men seized the handles OF tn
:. ladle and carried the pot to the moutho o
: the flask which VAS not dozen tc'
/ away. Mrs Meadow ialEstis y fafnhi
!. her TASK and slerpea bae1 HeTehsn
= showed little scum back aud n. TER
r silver CLEANED aud sparkiea fer an in
a a sta0t and The erucible was titled to III
= prnpes angle.
Pour, Pour hs shouted exciteiiy.
In less than Two seconds the entiI
charge was emptiaa ap1 IN a moment n
: expectant look on Berchem's Ia,
:. changed 10 exultant 10y The metal ha
ss risen in the overflow clean and pure an
the casting SD fat was a Success. fe
:. splut;eringsa lev crystal sparks and Il
metal settled down in The erevices
H. harden and take on the curves and for
of Sculptor Parks beautiful mods
n Then the enthusiasm broke forth al
OF three rousing cheers we're given Tor Il
statue and three more for the wortl
foreman, who stood with his grimy IA
wreathei in SMILES his cap of and bo
. ing his Acknowledgements TO The enthu
I'D astic audience Az there 9es nothi
" more to he done they sooa left. The !
. statue will slowly cool for forty Gig
cts hours and tomorrow the shell will
n'h broken and the final inspection Of sn
ing Miss Justice" will take place.
the
Biount's Extraordinary Power.