The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-07


the Daily Company sold in 1899 to the
Amalgamated Company, in which
Rockefeller and Rogers hold large in
terests, for 100000
Days money came to him easy: it
went the same way. He was broad
gauged. Anaconda, where he built his
smelter, needed a hotel DAILY built a
fine one and lost on it $4,000 a. year.
He wanted a good newspaper in the
town; he started the Standard, which
went 100000 in the hole the first four
year He took to horses; on the Bit
ter Root Stock Farm, in Montana, he
spent 81 900 a year. On this ranch
-one of the most beautiful in the
world-he raised the famous racers
Ogden, Harburg and Tammany. Civ
ing away fine horses was one of his
horse Daily would say: Take him;
he is yours"
Clark Met His Fortune.
CLARK must be bright man to have
come out here with nothing and clean
ed up hundred millions" was re-
mark made to an old Montana miner.
Nothing so very bright about it,"
answered the miner. He was here; it
was here they got together. Some
body had to do it,"
do you know the Senator?" was
asked.
Know him? Well I guess yes, 1
panned in the same placer diggins
with him down here in jeff Davis
gulch, close to Dillon. He was born in
Pennsylvany, and teached school in
Missouri. This made him closehsted 1
guess. He comes out to Colorady, and
then UP here to Montany, in So. He
held on to the first thousand he got
and went down to Salt Lake and
bought stuff and freighted it in and
sold it to the boys. Flour got scarce
! and he sold it for a dollar and a half
a pound. Then he got a little log store.
then bank; then he got lot of cop
per claims, and now, if it hadn't a
been for Marcus Daily, he'd have the
whole damned country"
But didn't you have just as good a
| chance as he did,"
Sure; but / argyed, what's the use
of havin' it unless you git somethin
out of it. Like most of the boys, 1
blowed mine in for booze and chips
Still amt got no kick comm Mon
tany's been pretty square with me-
I've had good time-better'n Clark
l expect"
Made Use of His Chance.
Clark made use of his chance. He
has in the richest mining camp in the
WOIlu AS can DC uO06 Ill many DIdceS
to-day-even in Butte-for small
amounts he got interests in claims. He
went to Columbia University and stud
led metallurgy. He examined mines
for himself. He did his own assaying.
Others could have done what Clark
did: but Clark did it.
CLARK is one rich man who knows
what he is worth, He pays strict at
tention to every detail of his business.
He is one of the busiest men in Amer
lea. He owns many mines outside of
Butte. OF the United Verde at Jerome.
Ariz., the richest of copper mines. he
is the sole owner. He has sugar beet
farms in California, coffee plantations
in Mexico, lumber camps, coal mines.
stock ranches, business property, and
just recently has built a railroad from
Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. Aside
from this he has found time to study
French and German and to collect fine
paintings. .
Heinze, the Wizard.
Heinze is a wizard. He is the
brightest man Butte has produced In
the last few years he has made mill
lions. He struck Butte at the age of
20 in SO. He was first an engineer in
the Boston and Montana mine. con-
trolled by Lewissohn Bros, of New
York. Ii is said that they turned
Heinze off He organized company
to smelt ores for independent mines.
He MADE money out of this. Then he
fled claims right in the midst of the
big working mines. A law of Montana
allows the one who owns the apex of
a vein to have the ore wherever 1t may
drift. Heinze knew the ground. He
got a valuable apex. and brought suit
for a property worked by others. He
won. This brought on between Heinze
and Rockefeller the great fight which
is not yet finished.
The Feud of Daily and Clark.
But Butte without rivals in 1t would
not be Butte. The greatest feud that
ever existed there was that between
Daily and Clark. Although they were
brothers-in-law, it lasted until DAYS
death.
This feud. on account of which Daily
and Clark squandered millions, began,
they say, over horse race. In one
race Days horse beat Clarks. Clark
ran in a racer and skinned DAILY. Then
war was on. When Daily had spent a
great deal on his Anaconda shelter
Clark cornered the right on the only
water nearby Daily had to pay him
bonus of over 100000.
This was the dearest 100000 that
Clark ever made. In 'G Clark ran
for Congress against InomaS carter.
Clark thought that DAILY would support
him. They were both Democrats. This
would mean his election. But early
on the morning of the election DAILY
went to his foremen and to his men
in the mines and to the boys in Dub
lin Gulch and said: "By's. your ould
frind Marcus wants We to Iait Clark.
Air We with me?"
Tom Carter won.
More Thnn $40 Vote.
Clark came back at Daily. In SO
Daly wanted the State Capital moved
from Helena to Anaconda. Clark was
for Helena because DAILY was for Ana
conda. The fight was the bitterest
political battle ever fought in the
limited States. There were about So
900 voters i'm the state, and the cam
paign cost Clark and DAILY over ~
600 OOO--rnore than $40 vote Concert
troupes toured the state shining the
praises of Anaconda. Nothing was
too good for those who favored He
lena. IVY" said a German, talk
about champagnel Eef man wanted
vine. he would make him take bat In
it,"
Clark won.
clark wanted to be Senator in '9S.
Daily said he should not "ripresint
Montana in the Sinate." The Legis-
lature met at Helena. In the Hotel
Helena $4,000 bills fitted through the
halls like green bats. One morning
three Of them flew over the transom
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