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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Six Horses Hauling Husker and Two the Tank, M. 0. Valan Farm 



eral years was an employe of the Wil- 

 kin County Bank, now the First Na- 

 tional of Breckenridge. He came to 

 Barnesville when the Barnesville State 

 Bank was organized in 1887 and for 

 several years did all of the work. 

 When the bank was reorganized as 

 the First National, in June, 1894, he 

 became the assistant cashier. A year 

 later he was promoted to the position 

 of cashier, and 16 years later was ad- 

 vanced to the position of vice-presi- 



dent. At the annual meeting this year 

 he was elected president. Mr. Oliver 

 is also president of the First State 

 Bank of Glyndon. 



S. 0. Solum came to Clay County 

 from Fillmore County in 1872. His 

 first business experience was two 

 years' work in a lumber yard. He 

 started with the First National as 

 bookkeeper and was for several years 

 assistant cashier. For the past ten 

 years he has been cashier. 



Corn Husker at Work on M. 0. Valan Farm, Kurtz Township 



