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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Glyndon Consolidated School House 



by a fifteen-acre patch of alfalfa. 



Mr. Webb has been one of the coun- 

 ty commissioners of Clay County for 

 over twelve years. Six years ago he 

 was elected chairman of the board and 

 has since held that important office 

 continuously. 



Glyndon 



Glyndon is the oldest town in the 

 county, and School District No. 1, the 

 first district organized, has become a 

 consolidated district with a smaller 

 territory than the original district, yet 



the enrollment today is 217. The vil- 

 lage is located at the crossing of the 

 main line of the Northern Pacific and 

 the Winnipeg line of the Great North- 

 ern. 



The village has grown to be an im- 

 portant shipping point, especially for 

 potatoes and grain. Potato warehouses 

 and elevators are so located on side 

 tracks that shipment may be made by 

 either line of railway. Glyndon has 

 kept pace with the development of the 

 surrounding country and is a fine mar- 

 ket town. A co-operative creamery is 

 located here, and there are general 



Leslie Welter's Potato Warehouse and Cellar, Glyndon 



