16 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



A. Grant, Dyer Brook ; John McAlvvee, Presque Isle ; Mil- 

 lard Filmore, Mapleton ; A. B. Smart, Houltoii. 



Hancock; County — Sumner W. Leighton, Cherryfield ; 

 Alfred Archer, Aurora; Nahum Jordan, Aurora; John R. 

 Shuman, Great Pond ; Joseph Clark. Ellsworth ; Georofe 

 Watts, Beddington, 



Oxford County — Frank P. Thomas, Andover ; Fred A. 

 Flint, Wilson's Mills. 



Penobscot County — Geo. F. Burleigh, Patten ; Geo. W. 

 Fiske, Mattawamkeag ; Frank L. Scammon, Lowell. 



Piscataquis County — Leonard Hilton, Chesuncook ; Geo. 

 C. Luce, N. E. Cany; J. W. Ham, Day's Academy; 

 Alphonso Bradeen, Lilly Bay ; Thomas C. Hamlin, Lake 

 View ; Charles H. Randall, Katahdin Iron Works. 



Somerset County — David Butler, Flag Staff; H. Lincoln 

 Colby, Jackman. 



If fire wardens were appointed by the county commission- 

 ers of Franklin and Washington counties the forest commis- 

 sioners were not notified. During the last summer forest 

 fires did not prevail to any great extent. Except a few days 

 the last of May and first of June when the forests were in 

 condition favorable for fires, the forests were not so dry as to 

 endanger them to fires generally. It is suggested by some 

 that the movement for a forest commissioner and the appoint- 

 ment of fire wardens has in a small degree had its effect 

 already. There are some suggestions in the reports of select- 

 men and fire wardens that may be useful and it was thought 

 best to publish them in this report. The fourth item is one 

 that will meet with favorable consideration from all that have 

 any interest in the beauty and welfare of our State. 



