CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Road Crew and Camp on State 



supplemented this work by digging 

 lateral ditches or underdraining with 

 tile. The ultimate outlet of all the 

 ditches is the Red River of the North. 



Most of the work of recent years has 

 been done with ditching machines, and 

 the earth taken from the cut is leveled 

 to form a highway grade. The fertil- 

 ity of the lower stratas of the soil is 

 shown by the strong growth of vegeta- 

 tion on the tops and sides of these 

 grades. 



One of the illustrations shows a 

 "drag line" machine at work making 

 a seven-foot cut. The capacity of the 

 pan is two yards, and from 800 to 900 

 yards of earth are excavated each day. 



The machine moves by its own power, 

 the pan forming the anchor and the 

 machine moving forward as the cable 

 is wound up. The other illustration 

 shows one of the ditches that was dug 

 about twelve years ago. 



Good Roads in Clay County 



Clay was one of the pioneer counties 

 of the state in the good roads move- 

 ment. After the passage of the Dunn 

 Act in 1913 plans were made for con- 

 structing an extensive system of state 

 roads in the county, all being done by 

 day labor with county equipment. 

 Early in the spring of 1914 a complete 



New Steel and Concrete Bridge on State Road East of Moorhead 



