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Bui. 1017, U. S. DeDt. of Agriculture. 
Plate II I 
Fig. I. — Looking Across Red River of the North from Moorhead. Minn. 
During I897 Flood. 
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, I920. 
Note How Trees in Channel Obstruct the Free Flow of Water. 
Fig. 3. — Looking Down the Red River of the North from the Great 
Northern Railway Bridge at Fargo. N. Dak., March, I920. Note How 
Trees in Channel'Catch Drift and Debris and Interfere with the 
Free Flow. 
