Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-08-21
Pierz Man Writes Of the
Village and Neie i1bor,,
S. hood

writes to the Jordon independent, his
old home, on the fut sre of Pierz and
surrounding country. After speaking
of P. A. and Jos Hart an, John Beck
man and himself, all former Scott
county folks, he says:
The village of Pi rz, which is To-
Gated in the center Of a rolling prairie
about eight miles long and between
four to five miles wide, was organized
in 1892. The census OF 1905 gives us a
population Of sol, t we now have
over 600. There are five goner; |
stores, one shoe store, one hardware
and machine store, tw milliners, two
barber shops, one harness maker, two
meat markets, also a large lumber
yard, two large and commodious hotels
where the traveller will find the>best of
accommodation. The German State
Bank IN Plerz Is another business
worthy Of mention. The Pierz Mill,
ing company has a capacity of one
hundred barrels Of flour per day. The
Pierz Creamery company is another
industry worth mentioning. They re-
ceive cream and milk from IS patrons
and paid out over $4,000 to them for
the month of June. The dairy indus
try is yet in its infancy here, but
there are thousands of acres of land
east of PierZ that will make good
dairy and stock farms that can be had
at a reasonable price. The land could
not be sold before because it is too far
from the market The 500 railroad
that is now under construction. ira
verses that section of the county. and
will undoubtedly bring about big
change. The country between Pierz
and Mile Laos Lake will be opened
and settlers come IN, as they will be
nearer to markets and can readily dis
pose of the products they raise
Hardly day passes but what land
buyers come here and look over the
country and quite few buy wild land
east of here. There are also some Gull
tivated farms here that can be bought
at reasonable price. They are most
ly owned by people that are no longer
able to do the work on a farm. They
would like to sell and settle in the
village and spend their old days in
peace. The 500 railroad, as stated
before, passes through our country.
The depot will be located one mile
south Of our village. The grading,
bridge building, etc., had been done
last year. All that is to be done on
the line between here and Mile Laos
Lake is to lay the rails. The steel
crew is now at work and passed by
our village July 3rd. At ten o'clock
the train-the construction tra1n-ar-
rived at the station Pierz. July 3rd
will be put down as the most eventful
day in the history of Pierz With chat
day new era dawned for this part of
the country. The 500 line runs be-
tween Minneapolis and Duluth and
traverses some Of our best grain rails
ing counties in the state. Pierz is
about midway between the places and
our farmers will have much better
markets for the 800, 600 or $50, 900
bushels of grain that we raise annual
~ in Pierz and vicinity. An old prov
erb says: = Competition is the life Of
business. The two rival grain mar
kets, Minneapolis and Duluth, will
bring better prices to our farmers.
Lovers OF sport, as hunting and
fishing, will find this a good field.
There are hundreds of smaller and
larger lakes in this part of the state
that are full of fish. Mile Laos Lake,
which is twenty four miles east OF
Pierz, is the largest This lake is
about thirty miles long and sixteen
across. Looking north from the south
shore, one might think he was stand
ing in front Of mighty ocean. Every
spring many of our sports go there at
the time the fish are spawning and
frequently bring home 200 to SOC
pounds They start from here late in
the afternoon with teams, fish during
the night at the outlet where the Rum
river runs out of the lake, and return
an excellent place for their sport. Al
though larger game, as deer, etc., are
getting scarce, prairie chickens, wild
ducks, rabbits of ten to twelve pounds
are numerous. Sports from all parts
of the state come to Pierz every fall
when the hnntin1r season onens