. Clay County. Agriculture. Looking Across Swede Grove Lake—Mensing and Johnson Farm in Distance on the 400 acre farm that lies along its shores. Much of the land has been broken up by the new owners, H. F. Mensing and D. G. Johnson, of Haw- ley. Corn, potatoes and grain are the principal crops and a five-acre trial patch of alfalfa has proven successful. The farm is in Highland Grove town- ship, two and one-half miles southeast of Hitterdal. Rollag Telephone Company The Rollag Telephone Company was organized by eight eastern Clay Coun- ty farmers in April, 1904, and the net- work of lines now
. Clay County. Agriculture. Looking Across Swede Grove Lake—Mensing and Johnson Farm in Distance on the 400 acre farm that lies along its shores. Much of the land has been broken up by the new owners, H. F. Mensing and D. G. Johnson, of Haw- ley. Corn, potatoes and grain are the principal crops and a five-acre trial patch of alfalfa has proven successful. The farm is in Highland Grove town- ship, two and one-half miles southeast of Hitterdal. Rollag Telephone Company The Rollag Telephone Company was organized by eight eastern Clay Coun- ty farmers in April, 1904, and the net- work of lines now covers the entire eastern part of Clay and extends into Becker and Otter Tail counties. Exchanges are maintained by the com- pany at Rollag and Hitterdal, and con- nections are made with trunk lines and local exchanges at Hawley, Barnesville and other points. At Dale the Lake Park system, covering a large part of Becker County, is met by the company's lines. Since the first lines were installed there has been continual improvement until the system now ranks with the best in the state. There are 308 sub- scribers on the 398 miles of lines, ex- clusive of the hundreds of patrons of other lines in the cities and villages with which direct connections are maintained. The authorized capital of the com- pany is $25,000 and the actual work- ing capital has been $10, It has been a paying institution from the start; and, with the exception of one year, annual dividends of eight per cent have been paid. The company has a good working surplus in the treasury; and this year decided to set aside five per cent of the gross earn- ings as a sinking fund to provide for any emergencies that may arise. The present officers are: H. M. Tang, pres- ident; Herbran Erickson, vice presi- dent and A. L. Ruud, secretary and Scene on the Mensing and Johnson Farm, Highland Grove Township. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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