. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 111 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, especia
. Clay County. Agriculture. CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 111 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. i * I *â â â Ilium"* to *^J "^ i SabinâLooking 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- t
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