CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Thomas Gunness' Block, Barnesville, During Fair Week 



Thomas Gunness, after being active- 

 ly engaged in the merchandise busi- 

 ness in Barnesville for 27 years, re- 

 tired in 1914. He has since been en- 

 gaged in looking after his farming in- 

 terests and dealing in potatoes. He 

 has other interests in Barnesville, but 

 the potato business is the live wire for 

 about six months of each year. His 

 model potato cellar is located on the 

 Great Northern track. It is 60x60 

 feet, is 12 feet deep, has solid cement 

 walls and reinforced concrete roof. 

 Potatoes are sorted in through man- 



holes, and again sorted before ship- 

 ment. The capacity of the cellar is 

 35,000 bushels. Mr. Gunness expects 

 to handle about 400 carloads from the 

 1915 crop. 



The people of Clay County have 

 many things to which they may point 

 with pride. If any one questions the 

 fact that Clay is a most prosperous 

 community, the fact that the county 

 does not owe a single dollar of bonded 

 debt is a pretty convincing answer. 



A. C. Huxley's Bungalow, Barnesville 



