Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-26
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C0NYDgDE TO
CLIMB HIGHER
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Droplat Crookston Thought
to Indicate That Crest
...5 ]. 4. is Near.


Grand Forks today, a rise Of five feet
taking place in the, "a hours ending
at 3 o'clock this morning! white at 2
o'clock this afternoon AN additional
rise Of one foot had taken place.
ess The water is falling in the Red, Lake
river at Crookston, however, and it Is
believed that the crest of the present
flood will soon be reacho6 in Grand
Forks, although steady rise is re-
ported atsFargo.8 &fNa / ss$a
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the wa
ter was still four. feet below the high
est mark reached in 1916.
Chandler Optimistic.
"The present high water is incon-
venient but do mot believe that it
will rise high enough to cause serious
damage. "lsaid Prof. e. r. Chandler of
the state university this morning in
discussing the high water.
IA lot Of surface water has gone Off
and the coulees are far from being as
and the coluees are far from being as
full as they were" I,
Proff Chandler left for Crookston
this afternoon to observe food condi-
tions there.
The ice is out of the Red river as
far north as Oslo., AT Winnipeg how
ever the, ice sheet still remains as solid
as ever according to word received
here. &s,.55 4. u.
Several houses lying on low ground
been temporarily abandoned, and wa
ter Is coming into several cellars.
! Rising at Fargo. ~
Reports from Fargo today are to
the effect that the river there ii still
in of q IN ne rn1x -
per hour, and that Fourth street and
Island Park are under water. The
Fargo people expect a further rise be-
fore the crest is reached. Y
Y, Drop at Crookston.
Crookston, Mimi, March 26.-
BEea king up of an ice jam which had
beep backing up and flooding low
sections of Crpokstpn caused Red
Lake river to drop about a foot. last
night and the water, was receding
slowly this morning and danger of
serious floods is believed to be past.
In East Grand Forks this morning
a number of residents on the north
had started backing up in their eel
lars so plumbers were kept busy dur
ing the greater part of the day. The
buildings located on DeMers avenue
near the bridge have had to vacate
their cellars for. practically all of then
are inundated. III. =
: The river as yet has not started
backing into. the city park located. on
North Fourth street, until it does this
residents of this section Of the city
feel that thereis no imminent danger
Of a flood. When the river has once
started backing into the park raise
of about six feet will be necessary be-
fore the wateT can get over the Fourth
street grade. The last time that a flood
occurred in this section of the city
was in 1915 when practically a block
Of the city north Of the N. p, tracks
was flooded.
In the south end Of town near the
Minnesota point bridges the danger is
even more acute than in the north
section OF the city. At these places it
is reported that the water is up near
the cid hotels andsthat a.raise of two
more feet will have the property, COW
cred with water. Reports from Red
Lake Falls indicate that the water is
reccding at that point SO local resi-
dents are confident that they may not
have to vachte after all. =.