The morning call., 1893-05-07
M4RCUs DA1Y,s HORSE FARM.

and his shoes were covered with pair Of
rubbtrs spattered with the mud of Butte
City. found him good talker and full
OF plain. practical, everyday common
sense. He has bit Of brOgue. but his
laugh is hearty one and he evidently en-
joys fe. Marcus Daily is married, and he
has very handsome wife ano delightful
family. He has two daughters who are
going 10 school in Paris, and his boy, Mar
Gus Daily Jr., and his youngest daughter,
Hattie. pretty little girl of 7 or s. are
with their mother at the Anaconda Hotel.
Mrs. DAILY has been married twenty years,
yet she does not look over 50, and she has
as much common-seDse as her husband.
Mr.. Daily Is especially fond of Hattie. He
has named one of his horses after her and
his palace car bears her name. This car
cost something Ike $4,000. 1t has bed
rooms. pariors, Kitchen and bathrooms,
and Is used by the family when they travel.
As for Marcus Daily himself he rides in
any kind of car, and the family live here
in Anaconda in the simplest kind of STYLE
This hotel cost something like $780, 600 and
is kept mp at a big cost. 1t is owned by
Daily, but his rooms in it are as plainly fur
nished as those of many of his employees,
and bis habits are simple In the ex-
treme- He rises at about 6 80 in the morn
ing. takes cup OF coffee and a beefsteak
and is at work before many of his employees
are up. lie works fast, deciding quickly on
everything and showing great executive
ability. There is no red tape about his
Office. Any one who has business
with him can get to him at once,
and he will not beat about the bush, but
come to business with you at once. lie dis
charges his obligations promptly and always
keeps his engagements. Though he is
worth many millions he has entire charge
of this great mine property and attends to
this in addition to bis other business and
his private investments. | am told there
are more than 10000 men dependent upon his
orders daily, and lie has lumber-mlls and
woOdcutters, and adds TO the whole first
class newspaper here at Anaconda. The
Anaconda Standard is one of the best news
papers in the West. and though it is run at
loss il has the latest and best news. | am
told that Mr.. DAILY controls So. 600 COO
worth OF property in Montana and it is said
that the Anaconda property would bring
S35,000,000 any day. His monthly payroll
for labor in Anaconda alone is more than
$4,000 and he pays S50.0O0a month for
the coal he uses.
Marcus Daily has some of the fastest
horses in the world, and he has a horse
farm not far from here which contains
about $1,000. 600 worth OF horses, and which
includes 1000 acres. He is building a big
frame house ON this now, which will have
about twenty mine rooms, and he saws
he expects to retire here when he gets tired
of work. He has ideas of his own with re-
gard to his horses. and | had an interesting
Win Htil Lu-uhy ABOUT them.
asked him if he expected to make money
out OF his horses. or if his racing stock was
not merely one of the luxures of million
aire. He replied:
"0f course ! expect TO make money out
OF them. No one in Montana goes into
luxuries of that kind for the fun Of the
thing. and If l really thought l could not
make profit ont of my stables would sell
them tomorrow. l have a theory that the
State Of Montana will produce the best
horses of the world, and | am testing il.
The climate here is cold in the winter, but
the air is pure, and it increases the lung
power of the horses. L am told that the
boys here at ten require suits of clothing as
large as those worn by n twelve-year-old
boy OF the East. The air expands their
lungs. and they grow big chests, and the
same is so OF horses. As TO the coldness of
the climate and the charge that colts will