Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-08
Don't Like What Denver People
and Paris Board Have Said,
DENVER POSTS WARN ROAST
says ne IIigbeeizcd the par. Come
mission, aud THAT IIcis ralning
on Gold urick statue.

lIigbcc ls In town. says the Denver
Post and ~ In a very red headed mood
over what the people ot Denver and the
Paris board have been saying about
him,
Hlgbcr o. the person who designed ths
Montana fake silver statue Tor the
Worlds Fair. and la now representing a
New York syndicate that wants Go put
ln u bogus gold statue ut The Paris cK-
position. tie came BOO from Sew York
two weeks uRo. succeeded ln IuEbcc-
izinE the Colorado Paris board into the
belief that hls scheme was warm
proposition nud then loft f0r salt Lake
90 take rest Ito has rested and ia
now back m Denver Hu brought hlH
nerve with him and Will give another
exhibition OF % when che board meets
again.
Higboo claims that hc has got his
contract with tine Paris board yliuthcd.
and that nobody can knock the game
now, mo- muttcr how hard they may try,
The board was scheduled 90 hold "a
meeting this morning ana consider tho
statue natter but two members were
out OF town ana the meeting was de-
clarcd on until Saturday
HIghoa has Issued signed state
mrut ln rOply Co biz critics. tn this
communication he admits u great deal
that has been said about himself and
the dlmv-muHyuu syndicate that pN-
poets 90 win a fortune at the expense Of
Colorado. ne also denies nothing Of
any consequence that has been said
about the plot
From "a mlulon-dullar statue 10 has
dwlullcd now Co one TINT will cost
100000 according tu lilubpo. though
$4,000 Do the sum mentioned hy others
This lH oll the wealth the syndicate can
raise ln ita own estimation, though n
the opinion % those who know the in-
side of the deal Was given. they would
say without hnHitlucy that illgboe and
hlH Du-muH0umlHts couldn't raise $780,
900, Ur uuc-tcuth 0f that sum.
Hlgbcc admits that not ull OF the gold
Co he used la 90 come from colorado.
admits Tint NCw York people are TO
manufacture the statue. admits that ID
b. Co hu exhibited Bll over Europe as "a
museum attraction. admits that % f1r-
cign sculptor Dr. Co du the work. admits
that Maud Adams Ur my other woman
that the museum syndicate may select.
so that she H. not resident OF this
state, viii pose Tor g. and admits that
De has got r. contruct with the Paris
board that cannot be changed without
bonus.
The silver statue which Higbec de-
signed Tor the State Of Montana ia now
in junk shOn In Butte. where IL has
been offered Tor sale az tts.75. but no.
body wants II. Tho junk shop man
bought u for ola iron though II had
previously been exhibited in Wanna
makers store IN Philadelphia. There
Mr.. Wanamukpr and his customers got
onto the fact that 10 was n fake 10 10
was taken out and shipped back TO
Butte.
The gold statue Tor which Colorado
Will pay the museum syndicate any
where from $4,000 Co $4,000. Is not like.
~ 90 cost moro than the present market
price OF Montauu's statue, fis75. Maud
Adams mannE'rs regard Higbee ns ~
tour-tlmc winner ma win Ia all prob
ahilliy reward him handsomely II he
pushes the scheme through. Tor 10 viii
be the best advertisement any actress
could possibly have, that o. N the fake
r. not discovered In time nt tho Paris
exposition to queer H.