Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-21

into a vivid account of adventures he
had with "old Mark" The Daily legend
has also been enhanced by the writ
ings of the many reporters who worked
on papers controlled by Marcus in his
battle for power. Although it is doubt
full that Marcus Daily cared what the
writers on his papers said about him
personally, many Of his employee did
invent some rather wonderful tales
about the big boss, probably in the
hope that there might be salary
raise in the offing. And Of all the
fullsome praise the writers turned out,
one of the most magnificent tales was
that tall one which made him a de-
scendant of the ancient royalty of Ire
land. This fantastic bit of nonsense
was actually included in a widely cir
culated booklet written by one of Days
editors. Marcus DAILY, said the writer of
this now rare bit of Montaniana, was
a descendant of the fighting princes
of ancient Corcea Adam! But then,
what IriShman can't find bit OF blue
and royal blood somewhere in his back
ground?
Marcus didn't change any after that
announcement regarding the contents
of his bloodStream, and to his friends
he was still a bluff and red-faced
Irishman with more than the usual
touch of the luck of the Irish But
one of Marcus sisters took the royal
blood yarn seriously and arranged with
an engraver to have her stationery
with a royal crest. Some of
his descendants seem to have taken it
with numerals, as befits the members
Of house royal.
This royalty nonsense, of course,
must have made Marcus Days moth
er, Mary Coyle DAILY of Ballyjamesduff,
Derrylea, turn over in her grave quite
regularly, for wasn't she a descendant
Of a long line of rebels, a peasant
family that had devoted no small
amount of time to downing royalty?
Marcus father, Luke DAILY, was also
no loyalist, but of all Marcus 10 broth
srs and sisters only one, Miss Honore
Daily, devoted herself seriously to the
rebel cause. She was a doughty spin
;ter who was continually in hot water
With the British constabulary, who sus-
Oected her of harboring rebel fugitives,
and in 1921 her residence, a gift from
Marcus, was burned to the ground by
English troops. Even that could not
iampen her rebel ardor and she con-
inued to aid and abet the Irish ma
ionahst cause until her death in 1926.
She was the only one of Marcus
ow him to America to share his
argeSS.
Worked at Odd Jobs
Marcus Daily was is years old when
re landed in New York city, and he
stayed there until he was 90 During
hat period he worked at anything
hat came his way. He was for time
messenger, later a long
The latter was hard work
out the wages were good for the time
and he was able to save up enough
money to travel west.
In California, Marcus worked as a
aborer on farms and ranches until he
ell in with Thomas Murray, that same
Thomas Murray who was for years a
fixture as yard superintendent at the
,melter in Anaconda. After DAILY be-
anne a mining king there was always
/ Job for Murray because 1t was he
who had pursuaded DAILY to try his
uck in the mining game. 1t was Muir
'ay who suggested that they quit the
-anches and go to Calaveras county,
California, where fortunes were being
made in placer mining. The two young
men built themselves a cabin and
;pent several years working for other
miners and in doing some prospecting
IN their own. During that period Mar
Gus was part Of the frontier life OF