The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-28
HONOR PIONEER FOR
WHOM DANIELS CO.
WAS NAMED
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little hill overlooking the west bank
of the Poplar river, and which cost
him in the neighborhood of $20,000.00.
This home was made modern thru
out and is one of the best in this part
of the state, notwithstanding that ev-
cry bit of material had to be freight
ed 60 miles overland from Poplar.
These were the days when Mr..
Daniels wore himself out physically.
A man of great physical stature and
strength, he never thought of a
breakdown and he gave unreservedly
of his body and mind to his manifold
duties.
The writer of this sketch came to
"Old" Scohey in July, 1913, and Mr..
Daniels was then broken in health
and it was rumored on all sides that
he was on his deathbed. In that
month he left for Rochester hospital,
where it was believed here by all
that he would end his life. After an
operation there upon his throat he
returned to Scobey in October of that
year, quite improved in health, and
for the next two years he seemed to
regain his old time vigor and go.
A bitter disappointment to Mr..
Daniels in that year-and that while
he was believed to be in his last
earthly days,-was the moving Of the
town Of Scobey-the town he had
planned, nurtured and built-to a new
location-thc location it occupies to-
day. !
The reason for this, of course, was
because the Great Northern was
building their iron road here from
Plentywood. and it was impossible to
build down into his location. Mr..
Daniels had always planned on this
road being built UP the Poplar valley
from Poplar and in that event the
town would have remained where he
established it. The reason for the
road being built from Plentywood
was because the 500 was building in
along the northern border of the
State from North Dakota and the
Great Northern paralleled their road
to keep the business from going north
to that line.
Mr.. Daniels was staunch Repub-
lican in politics, but repeatedly re-
fused to enter the arena as a con-
testant. He always said that he thor
oughly believed that all a man gained
by entering politics was host of
enemies. In regard to enemies, it is
truthfu}ly said that he had very few.
In the winter of 1919 Mr.. Daniels
suffered paralytic stroke from which
he never recovered. He retained all
of his faculties but lost the power of
speech. He realized that the end had
come and gave evident of it in many
ways The first move for the crea-
ton Of a county bearing his name was
started at this time, and he showed
unmistakable signs of deep feeling
when informed Of it.
Mr.. Daniels passed away on April
Is, 1919, while seated in a chair. His
funeral was conducted by the Mason
ic fraternity, of which he had been a
member, and was attended by old &C.
quaintances fom near and far.
The writer has always believed,
more or less, in the saying, that ''To
the victors belong the spoils." In the
same way, we have always held in
great esteem and generation the deeds
and lives of that class Of Gods noble
men who pioneer and blaze the trails
into new and unknown country, in
order that we, who come later, may
work and live in comparative COM
fort.
OF this class of men was Mansfield
A. Daniels. He came, he hewed and
he won. Now he has passed on to a
reward that humanity does not give,
and we are left to mourn the pres
ence and daily comfort of one whom
we learned to love. We cannot call
him back, but we have done a fitting
thing in his honor-we have placed a
new county upon the map of Mon
tana. and have named it in his men,
COUNTY.