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stores, machinery warehouses, a mod- 

 ern hotel and all the other business 

 houses of an up-to-date village. The 

 First State Bank of Glyndon is fast 

 working up to the first rank with the 

 older financial institutions of the coun- 

 ty. The oldest newspaper in the coun- 

 ty, the Red River Valley News, is pub- 

 lished here. 



Two state roads pass through the 

 village, and, with other highways, 

 makes Glyndon easy of access for the 

 farmers of the surrounding country. 

 Among recent improvements are the 

 electric light plant, and the telephone 

 system of the Glyndon Telephone Com- 

 pany that has its headquarters and 

 maintains an exchange in the village. 



fund. The company maintains a cen- 

 tral office at Glyndon, where it con- 

 nects with the trunk lines. 



The officers of the company are : 

 Howard Basett, president; C. E. Gin- 

 gery, secretary, and N. H. Stadum, 

 treasurer. 



Registered Guernsey, Sire of R. B. Webb Herd 



Glyndon Telephone Company 

 The central part of the county has 

 excellent telephone service furnished 

 by the Glyndon Telephone Company. 

 This company has been in business 

 since June, 1908 ; has 90 miles of lines, 

 and serves over 200 patrons. Only 

 $5,250 of the capital stock has been 

 paid in, and this has been ample, for 

 the company had paid annual 10 per 

 cent dividends, besides accumulating 

 another 10 per cent in the surplus 



Felton 



Felton is located on the Winnipeg 

 line of the Great Northern in the 

 northern central part of the county. 

 It is the home of the newest of the con- 

 solidated schools of the county, and 

 one of the finest and best equipped 

 school buildings. 



Felton is the leading hay shipping 

 point of the county. Grain elevators 

 and potato warehouses handle the crop 

 of a wide territory. There is a bank, 



Felton Consolidated School House — Nearly Completed 



