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Said Gutzon Borglum, famed sculptor: "The waters of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries represent one if not the most ruthless force on the American continent and are a menace to the sources of a vast part of our life and wealth...
When Sculptor Gutzon Borglum quarreled with the committee in charge of the Memorial which is being cut into the front of Stone Mountain, Ga. (TIME, Mar. 2 et seq.) and Augustus Lukeman was appointed in his place, many people thought that the long squabble had been buried at last with the Confederate dead which the Memorial is to commemorate. True, there were those who suggested that Sculptor Lukeman was better fitted to carve epitaphs on tombs and chisel dates on cornerstones than to model soldiers, but such people were laughed down...
Engaged. Monica Borglum, niece of Sculptor Gutzon Borglum and daughter of the late Sculptor Solon H. Borglum, to A. M. Davies of London, onetime officer in the Royal Air Force, son of Sir. A. T. Davies, permanent Secretary for Welsh Education...
...Stamford, Conn., several companies to which Borglum owes money instituted actions to foreclose upon his country estate...
...Rapid City, S. D., Gutzon Borglum, seeking occupation, conferred with leading Dakotans on the advisability of their employing him to carve historic figures out of Needle Rock, a steeple of granite in the Black Hills. Several wealthy persons listened sympathetically to the plan. When asked to suggest what national heroes they thought would best become this lonely summit, they named Washington and Lincoln, two favorites with the public. Mr. Borglum began to make designs...