The suburban citizen., 1900-02-24
1880 Nor coNsIpEREp.

EXPENSE NOT CONSIDERED.
The dwelling house is a model of
modern architecture and not a con
venience known to man, no matter how
costly, has been omitted. The furni-
ture is very handsome, suitable for a
mansion on Fifth avenue, New York.
The house stands in the middle Of
grounds that are pnrklike and is To-
Gated about mile from the railway
station. Running in front OF the
house is n wide driveway, or boule-
ward, which crosses the entire ranch
from south to north, over six miles in
length and which has at intervals
other similar driyeways bisecting it
and running transversely. These
driveways are shaded on either side
by Balm OF Gilead trees and Callfor-
MIA poplars. Scattered about ale
wooded parks, where wild animals
abound. In the busy seasons over
500 men are employed and in all the
wear around over 200 make their home
on the ranch. To house those men
and their families hundreds Of cot
tages have been erected with more
pretentiou3 residences for the super
intendents and foremen.
Taking a bird's-eye view at the cen
ter Of the ranch, all the homes, the
immense barns, lofty paddocks, scat
tered here and there, make scene
that is picturesque and full of life.
The magnitude of operations may be
| guessed at when the monthly payroll
is never less than $500, III the of
seasons. Over 5000 cattle Of the
choicest breeds supply the finest
cream and butter, much of ii being
consumed in Butte. While he has
about Is, 600 acres devoted to agricul-
ture and 800 acres in fruits, Mr. DAILY
does not allow his products to in any
! way interfere with the markets Of Tue
furmers in the Bitter Root Valley.
Much of it is shipped to Butte and re-
tailed in the big Henncssey store, now
the property Of the Amalgamated
combine The balance finds its way
to other mining centers controlled by
| Mr.. DAILY, affordiug better vegetables,
milk, cream, butter, meat, etc, than
the general market affords Only
cream is shipped to Butte from the
dairy, no milk at ALL The cream re-
tails at fifty cents aquatt. The ranch
is so strictly up to date that every
building from the mansion and cot
tages down to the smallest barn is
lighted with electricity and water
from Skalkaho Greek has been piped
to every one. Mr.. DAILY for his head
men employs only specialists.
The way the name of the Bitter
Root ranch has become famous
throughout the sporting world both in
! America and abroad, is because Of its
| famous horses, which boru and bred
on this ranch have borne away the
honors on every racetrack Of note.
This is Marcus Days one hobby
horses and racing. His open and
covered circular tracks, his vast train
ing Enclosures, are the admiration of
| every racing man. Mr.. DAILY went
into the business systematically; he
first visited the most celebrated stock
idl ll9 auu bltDlG1 III lulS country
from each he purchased the choicest
get, the fastest strains of racing blood
then he sent to England, France,
Persia and Arabia, where no horse
was too high priced for him to secure
for this Bitter Root ranch in the wilds
Of Montana; this blending Of the
blood of centuries of the most illus.
trious lineage has brought forth
equine wonders whose achievements
have amazed the racing world. No
matter where these princes and prin-
cesses have been reared they can find
no fault with their quarters here.
Over 700 acres sown with blue
grass are devoted to the stud pad
docks and to the brood mares and
their colts. Nearly 1900 acres have
been set aside for the thoroughbreds
and for this purpose it has been cut
mp into hundreds of high fenced pad i.
docks. Near by is the residence Of
Sam Lucas, the genial Kentuckian,