The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-06-30

another eight or 10 years, the in
terest on this investment and the
expense for upkeep would probably
run the cost of the mausoleum up to
at least 100000.
A leading New York undertaken
thinks quarter Of 100000 the
most that any funeral in America has
yet cost. OF this amount 100000
went for the construction Of the maui
soleum. The casket, cast Of the finest
bronze and lined with the costliest
tufted silk, added $4,000 to the
total, and the remaining $4,000
covered all the other expenses.
The mausoleum, which was design
ed by Robert D. Farquhar, q leading
Los Angeles architect, is composed of
Georgia white marble. It is situated
on small island, 20 by 1870 feet, in
the middle of placid, water lily
crested lake, surrounded by fringe
of towering eucalyptus and bright
memosia trees.
The building itself is 20 feet by 40
feet and has seven white marble
crypts, two of which are already oc-
cupied. One holds the body of Mrs.
Daisy Foster Clark, who died in Los
Angeles, and the other that of Mr..
Clark's first wife, Mrs. Alice NJ.
Clark, whose body was sent to Los
Angeles from the Montana home Of
the family.
The style Of the architecture is de-
scribed by Architect Farquhar % .
combination Of Grecian and Roman.
The building is oblong and gives the
impression of being much higher
than it really is. The white Georgia
marble of which It is constructed
throughout, the roof included, was
specially Quarried for this purpose.
It is of exceptionally fine quality.
A mosaic relief covers all four
walls of the interior Of the mau-
soleum. This mosaic was made In
Milano. Italy, and was installed by
workmen sent from there. It is highly
decorative and colorful and repre-
sents angels and cherubs in flight in
a cloud-flecked sky.
The marble figure of a woman is
sculptured above the stately entrance
to the mausoleum. The statute SYM
bolizes Peace and is In keeping with
the mosaic theme. Sherry Fry of New
1Ork Is the sculptor.
Architect Farquhar declares the
mausoleum represents the utmost in
this type of construction. A special
ventilating system insures against
bad and musty air. He is proud Of his
work and believes 1t is the finest of
its kind in America.
Landscape gardeners have sur
rounded the mausoleum with a for
NAL garden that is almost severe In
its simplicity. The whole-the snow
white mass of marble, the tiny shafts
Of cypress. the few green shrubs
cast shimmering shadows In the lake,
which, from the shore of the main
land, frames the scene in wonder
full natural border. A small bridge
leads to the island.
One of the crypts not yet filled is
for W. A. Clark. Jr.. himself. An
other is for his son, w. A. Clark, Sd,
who is student at Columbia. The
remaining three will be for other
Clarks who may come later.
One Of the distinguishing marks
of a highly civilized people always
has been the honor they have shown
their dead. Most famous in this re-
spect in ancient times were tho
Egyptians. The great pyramid field.
from Cairo south, survives 40 mo-
numental evidence of the expensive
provisions made for the nations dead
rulers. So great and lasting are the
pyramids that later king once made
the remark that not all the wealth Of
Egypt in his time would enable him
to destroy one Of them.
Funerals were costly In Egypt. The
bodies Of the rich were embalmed,