The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-04-04


eral manager. His wealth is very great,
i and no just estimate can be made Of it.
. In person Mr.. DAILY is middle-s:zeds and
trinity built. He has pleasant, intellcet-
uaa face, fresh colored, and his keen, flash
ing eyes are now shaded by gold-rimmed
glasses. Not a trace of Irish accent re-
main in his speech, unless when he grows
vehement or becomes really excited.
Then the native burr rolls forth with
true Celtic vigor.
Like all men of strong will and decided
character, Mr.. Daily has his enemies
chiefly political. But his bitterest enemy
will not deny hts wonderful ability as a
man Of affairs. A loyal American citizen
always, he is, at the same time, one of the
very few rich men Of the Irish race in this
country who loathe any pronounced in
terest in the political affairs Of the mother
country He has been always willing to
give in aid OF the cause, and would have
donated far more if the Irish leaders had
only curbed the occasional spirit OF fac
ton. The lines of an ardent poet truly
apply to him, for Marcus Daily is
Pious, generous deep warm,
Strong and changeful as storm.
While uniformly kind and mainly Just
to his employees, he never forgets dere-
l.ctlol of duty, and he keeps as sharp an
eye on the minutae of mining work today
as he did when he was q young, struggling
overseer,. 20 Years ago. No mon in the
employ Of the Anaconda company knows
when Marcus DAILY may drop in upon him,
whether III the womb of the earth, at the
bottom Of shaft, or casting up his ac-
counts in the Office on the hill Those who
love Mr.. DAILY, and they are many, call
him. in his absence, 1.-The Old Man
Those who have Il grudge against him
speak of him as ''Mr. DAY. Those Who
admire and are at the same time little
jealous OF him call him also in his absence
the Marquis Of Butte"-a play. OF course,
on his Christian name
With all of Marcus Daly's practical
sense he is a devoted llorseman, as all
America knows. His pride in his racing
horses is very great, and his riders always
carry the American and Irish coors com.
b!ned. His greatest turf ambition Is to
win a first class event on English soil.
He said to me some years ago: I'D rather
see my cclors come in winning at the pole
OF the Derby than be president
tie did not add, think, ''of the United
States"
1t may now be in order to give the read
ors OF the Chronicle a brief summary CT
what Butte Is and has been in the way of
commercial benefaction.
Speaking of the wealth and other feat
ures OF Butte he says: Her average
monthly pay roll for mining purposes
amounts to S640.000, or nearly S., Zoo, 900
per annum. She has in operation over
eighty great mines and innumerable
smaller ones, varying in depth of shaft
from 1900 to 1870 feet Since 1880, when
her wealth was first tapped" SO to
speak, the total value of the copper, sill
yer and gold product Of Butte has reach
ed the enormous total Of 1921, 900, O0O
ANACONDA leads the other mines in the
matter OF copper product by an immense
mojority, her total product more than
eQualng all the others combined. This
tremendous mining interest calls for
f100, 900 worth of shaft and tunnel
timber every year. No wonder that with
such a. demand for lumber the once
mighty forests of the Rocky mountains
should begin to grow sparse, and the cur
rent Of the broad Missouri dwindle for
want OF the snow reservoirs in the plun-
dered highlands. But such is the law Of
compensation, Or, rather, of retribution.
Five railroads hold communication
with Butte and give rapid exit to her
mineral products She boasts, although
not particularly noted for saintliness, fif-
teen churches, a fine public library, an
opera house of awful dimensions and ex-
cellent acoustic properties five quartz
mills, containing $50 stamps; nearly
twenty miles OF electric railroads. sew
eral handsome clubrooms, including the
Silver Bow and the Irish american; ;
three fairly good hotels-Anaconda beats
her in this respective daily and four
weekly newspapers, several good hospitals
and other institutions of charity and re-
lief. Her city tax roll amounts to $15,-
100000 per annum, and the county tax
foots UP $22,000O00, so that 1t will be
seen the enterprising tax-eater is not idle
in Butte either.
The public institution that pleased mo
best of all is the library. This building
cost 100000 and now contains about 3d.
900 volumes, of excellent selection. Many
rare old works Of reference are to be
found on the well-stocked shelves. The
librarian is J. +. Davis, one of the noted
book experts of the United States
There is much else in Butte that is Of
interest, but what I have stated will suf-
f1ce to show the growth and energy of
this young and bright community.
One of the great sights Of the district is
the reduction works of the Anaconda
company, situated near the handsome
little cit yof that name, about twenty
miles west Of Butte, on a. railroad con-
troled by the corporation. These works
are constructed in two sets, so that in
case of fire or other accident there would
be no interruption of the reduction pro-
cess
It is estimated that their united capac-
ity, when in full operation. can turn out
5000 tons of pig copper per month. In
addition there is an electrolytic refinery
which produces per month 1900 tons of
refined "copper" and it's capacity will
speedily be increased to at least double
that figure.
The Montana hotel at Anaconda is one
of the best ordered and homelike to be
found anywhere in the West, and, In fact,
would do credit to any city in the land.
= l cannot ,truthfully praise the opera
house, which is moth eaten, ramshack
lie affar--a standing monument of re-
proach to an otherwise go-ahead town..
The absence OF f1rst-class place Of pub
lie amusement is a serious drawback to
a community like that of Anaconda.
understand that Marcus DAILY and other
leading citizens have taken the matter in
hand, and that about $4,000 has been al
ready subscribed for the construction of
q new opera house. .-... .-.s,
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