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Clark-Daly factions, but one had to know Montana 

 to realize that practically the whole state had pos- 

 itive opinions on the subject, the Daly element 

 undoubtedly being the more popular one. That is a 

 story that I shall not dip into here, although it 

 would make a thriller. I took no sides, but my 

 lines fell in largely with the Daly contingent, since 

 it was one of comprehensive commercial interests, 

 and, by contact, I learned of Mr. Daly's talent for 

 picking men as well as horses. It was a great 

 habit with him to select men between 25 and 40 

 years of age, and set them up in business under 

 their own names, with a liberal working interest. 

 Few wealthy men I have known have done so much 

 of this as he did. He was beloved of the working 

 classes. He had begun with a shovel and a pick, 

 knew the problems of the laboring class, treated 

 workmen with outstanding fairness, and supplied 

 every comfort and safety device for them in his mines 

 and smelters. He practically built the wonderful 

 town of Anaconda in Montana, where his smelters 

 are located. The Anaconda Hotel of thirty years 

 ago had all the "go" of New York, both as to fittings 

 and cuisine, while The Anaconda Standard had its 

 own leased wire, and carried the news of the world 

 in line with the dailies in the great cities. Civic 

 improvement was not overlooked. 



At Hamilton, in the beautiful Bitter Root Valley, 

 were the great horse breeding stables and pastures, 



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