CHAPTER VI 



THE LATE MARCUS DALY 



AMONG prominent men with whom I have 

 had passing association, few have left more 

 pleasing or lasting impressions on me than Marcus 

 Daly, the Montana "Copper King," and one of the 

 world's greatest horse breeders. He came into my 

 life through a service which I was able to render 

 him, and through his habit of paying all obligations 

 at his earliest opportunity. I spent two months every 

 spring with Armour brokers in the northwest and 

 on the Pacific Coast. Montana was our great strong- 

 hold. In that state I made some personal and busi- 

 ness intimacies which were real joys. The west 

 everywhere is big in its manhood, ideals and instincts, 

 but somehow Montana seemed bigger than the rest. 

 Distance did not mean anything; the people seemed 

 to be one big family; everyone knew everyone else, 

 and while all had their political differences and fac- 

 tions they were a grand lot in their collective con- 

 geniality. I have often thought that Marcus Daly, 

 through his prominence as a horseman, who naturally 

 followed great race meets over the state, did much 

 to bring them together. 



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