CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



One of the Clay County Drainage Ditches — Automobile on Grade at Left 



ing indebtedness and the bonded debt 

 was gradually reduced until, on June 

 1, 1915, the final payment of $42,000.00 

 covering principal and interest was 

 made. 



Clay County does not owe a single 

 dollar of bonded or floating debt, but 

 pays cash for everything. This con- 

 dition of affairs is due in part to the 

 careful management of its affairs by 

 the county commissioners, and in part 

 to the wonderful development of its 

 resources during the past two decades. 



Drainage in Clay County 

 During the last twenty years there 

 have been dug in Clay County over 

 230 miles of state and county drainage 

 ditches at a total cost of nearly $390,- 

 000. The first work was done by the 

 state, when the Felton, Morken and 

 "Whiskey Creek ditches were construct- 

 ed. 



These ditches proved so beneficial 

 that an extensive system of drainage 

 was undertaken, and it is now prac- 

 tically complete. Many farmers have 



Ditching Machine at Work in Kurtz Township 



