Bui. 1017, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



Plate III. 



. R.-D-4I34 



Fig. I. — Looking Across Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minn. 



During I897 Flood. 



. P. R.-D-3578 



Fig. 2. — Looking Across and Down the Red River of the North at Bend 

 East of Wild Rice, N. Dak., During the Low Flood of March, 1920. 

 Note How Trees in Channel Obstruct the Free Flow of Water. 



B. P. R.-D-3595 



Fig. 3. — Looking Down the Red River of the North from the Great 

 Northern Railway Bridge at Fargo, N. Dak., March, 1920. Note How 

 Trees in Channel Catch Drift and Debris and Interfere with the 

 Free Flow. 



