CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Dilworth 



When the Northern Pacific Railroad 

 moved the division point from Fargo 

 to Dilworth, the families of several 

 hundred of the company's employes 

 became residents of the new village. 

 Dilworth now has a population of 

 nearly 1,000 and has become one of 

 the leading municipalities of Clay 

 County. It is the eastern terminus of 

 the Fargo, Moorhead and Dilworth 

 trolley system. 



Here are located the extensive 

 freight yards, monster roundhouse and 

 car repair shops of the Northern Pa- 

 cific. The village is an important ship- 

 ping point, especially for live stock. 

 It has a bank, a hotel and a comple- 

 ment of business establishments. 



Sabin — Looking South 



Sabin is the most important potato 

 shipping point in the county, the num- 

 ber of carloads having increased from 

 8 in 1894 to an average of 600 during 

 recent years. The village has several 

 potato warehouses located on the Great 

 Northern right of way. There are 

 grain elevators, a bank, hotels and all 

 the business establishments of a thri- 

 ving town, including one of the best 

 equipped machine and blacksmith 

 shops in the county. 



Hitterdal is one of the larger of the 

 unincorporated villages of the county. 

 It is located on the Winnipeg branch 

 of the Northern Pacific and is fast be- 

 coming one of the leading market 

 towns of eastern Clay. A bank, grain 

 elevators and several business houses 

 are evidence of the prosperity of the 

 village. 



Comstock is located in the south- 

 western part of the county on the 

 Breckenridge line of the Great North- 

 ern. It is the market for grain and 

 potatoes for one of the most prosper- 

 ous sections of the county. The Com- 

 stock consolidated school district was 

 the first one organized in this part of 

 the state. Several business houses, 

 grain elevators, potato warehouses and 

 a bank are located here. 



Other settlements in the county are : 

 Rustad and Kragnes in the western 

 part; Averill and Downer in the cen- 

 tral, and Rollag in the southeast, the 

 only inland town of the count}'. 



Clay County farmers are great be- 

 lievers in plenty of light. Many of 

 them have already installed gas or 

 electric lighting plants in their homes, 

 and others are planning to follow their 

 lead. Some clay the water power of 

 the North Buffalo will be utilized in 

 generating electricity, and the current 

 will be carried to the remote corners 

 of the county. When the farmers get 

 the notion they will take up this prop- 

 osition and make a success of it. They 

 have demonstrated their ability with 

 their creamery, elevator and other co- 

 operative enterprises. 



Baker is another of the leading po- 

 tato markets of the county, over a 

 quarter of a million bushels of the 

 tubers being shipped each year. It is 

 located in the southern part of the 

 county on the main line of the Great 

 Northern and on the Moorhead-Barnes- 

 ville state road. The village has a 

 bank, potato warehouses and several 

 general merchandise and machinery 

 establishments. 



L. Altenbernd's Potato Warehouse 



