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BASE OF BUFFALO BILLAs!mSTATUE TO BE MINIATURE OF/IuCEDAR MT.; MODEL ARRIVESiMki)The wo ton, I), C PresidentNew York Architect Due to Stake out Site of Mr$.Harry Payne Whitney** Great Memorial j *the movtto Colonel W. F. Codyfail. WePreparations for the erection of the statue of Buffalo Hill whichis now being marie in New York by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney aregoing forward with all possible speed and the outlook is that the statue will be ready to be unveiled during the Cody Stampede. July 3rd, 4th and 5th. . . # ./The model for the base has already arrived and is in the possession of Mr. Russell Kimball, who came in on Tuesday night s train from Casper to meet Mr. Albert Ross, Mrs* Whitney's architect, who Jekt New York on Sunday expecting to reach Cody on Wednesdaying MadaThe LfCody pa?lence re served at'do you n; Leedom? there wer fresh merit as peasefiHe missed his connection in St Cody on Thursday.The model, which is of plaster peris, is very artistic. It is atoven and one-half feet long by four feet and weighs about 400 pounds. The base itself is tp be about lj0 feet in length by approximately 90 feet wide and 15 feet» ed to quarry it. high. The genera! scheme is to make The exact site the base a replica of Cedar mountain which Colonel Cody, it will be remembered, had .selected as Jus bfcrial place.There will be a gradual slope up to an abrupt precipice of granite. The engineering and construction workhowever, and will arrive inmatch the granite, the proper tint being apt to be found in s«omc difficult and nearly inaccessible place in the Shoshone canyon where permission from the government has bee nobtain-A conti day Post of living say of thi discriminf which muwill not be known until Mr. Roas arrives. The statue may be located on the two blocks already purchased or it may be found desirable, in order to get a broader sweep, to purchase additional land west of town which is owned by thewill be done by Kimball Kimball,1 Lincoln Land company and Mr. incorporated, of Cody and Casper, un-1 Hinkle Smith of Philadelphia. At any der the supervision of Mrs. Whitney rate It will be on this side of the river‘ i _. t * - *’ ai i . . \ t h. . * I I 1 . A _ i___fcand Mr,The estimate of cost is in the vicinity of |40,ftOO* The quantity ofmaterial used will not be so great but what there is will be very heavy, entailing the use pf heavy machinery and inftnite pains will be required toand on the west aide of town.Mont Jones received a telegram from Mr. F, S. Groves, Jr., the first of the week, stating that Mr. Rose was leaving for Cody on the 6th to stake out the ground where the statueis to be placed.rfc ■•■-■Tnir*,* •• mmijitjm++++•+++*«•**» *»*'**■■■■ ' * ■■*»»■ a t. tr •COOY BOYS TRIM1Was “SpectacularlyThe bo( for the i over-deve America *tiful citizer Public thing, but 1 should as] that you n a private I and can I t you rove men you get ywill perso rentage c The vote] that the c stand it you pay tWe notAC; tnn Ti
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Cody Enterprise
Cody, Wyoming, US
Wed, Jan 09, 1924
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