Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-03-24
CLARK AND DAILY.
Pen Portraits of the Millionaire
Enemies.

Pen Portraits of the Millionaire
Enemies.
In appearance w. A. Clark and Mar
Gus Daily differ vastly. Clark is slender,
elegant in appearance, with auburn hair
and beard, just beginning TO show gray
threads. His sixty years rest lightly up
on his shoulders, his blue eyes are keen
and alert He is a man who knows how
to grasp an opportunity, and how to bend
it to his own advantage. His dress is
correct, and no one wouIu ran co roeeg-
~;.e ., him tine man OF culture and
wealth, the clubman and the traveller.
Yet when in Butte he dOns oilskins and
goes underground, inspecting every nook
of his mines. In addition to his practical
education as miner he attended Colum-
bia college, taking a full course in assay
ing and analysis. When fortune came
his way he Immediately sent his family
to Europe, where they spent several
years in Paris acquiring French. and the
same length of time in Dresden, studying
German He spent his winters travel
ing with them on the continent. He is
much interested i'll art, and for number
of years studied it in all its branches
He wanted to know all about rugs and
tapestries, and spent two years studying
them. He has collected magnificent speci
mems. 1t will be remembered that he Of
fered Prince Murat 100000 for Gohclin
tapestries. He is now trying to obtain
the tapestries belonging to the Earl of
Coventry, which originally cost $3.50, 600.
NO art treasure seems too valuable for
him to purchase, if he takes "A fancy 10
IT. lie prefers the modern painters to the
old masters. He paid S42. 1000 for For
tuny's THE Choice of a Model In
fact, he has the genuine artistic tempera
ment, and the rare good luck also to have
the millions to crafty it.
DAILY appears to care nothing for
dress, the plainest business suit sutlc
ing. He is often as not seen in the garb
Of miner. Although he is quite gray
now, he still retains his magnificent
physique and upright bearing He has
devoted his life to mining, and has no
equal IN the world in sizing up a mine. !
The magnificent smelters at Anaconda /
stand as monument to his acumen, He !
keeps right on purchasing and developing |
mines. He does not care for the world !
Of fashion, and Europe possesses no |
charms for him, although his family has !
had every advantage of his wealth. He /
seems to possess the intuition of a WON
an, and that has often enabled him to !
win out in the face of certain defeat. |
While Clark is the cleverer fnancier,
Day is the better judge of human ma
ture His righthand men and conf
dants have never betrayed him. but have
worked for him with heart and soul. seem
ing to have but one ambition--to serve
Marcus DAILY in any and all things
Clark. on the other hand. has made some
unwise selections. and in consequence
has been the sufferer. DAILY is a model /
husband and father. and he delights in
his home
In many things the rivals are alike
Both began as miners underground. and
both have made their money, and are
not like most Of the multl-millionaires,
merely farmers Of millions hequeathed
them Both men rank high in Ma
sorry. Both are loyal friends and strong
enemies. Both can point to hundreds OF
men in Montana whose success in life
they have secured. Both are easily ac-
ccssible to their friends, though il is diff
fcult for strangers to approach them.
owing 10 the fact that nearly every mo-
ment is taken up with their business AZ
fairs. Both are charitable and give free
~ to worthy enterprises. And both are
alike in that they cordially hate ea4l
other and each is determined to he the
winner in the Clark-Daly feud. Aims
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