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1. To have as reliable and efficient men as possible in 

 charge of lookout stations, men who may be relied upon to 

 remain on duty at all times during dry weather. 



2. To employ as patrolmen only men who are acquainted 

 with the woods and have had experience in camp life. 



3. To instruct all patrolmen to report at regular and defi- 

 nite times to the lookout and to the Chief Warden. 



4. To have each patrolman keep a record of the names of 

 all hunting parties and campers that he may meet. 



5. For the chief warden to visit his patrolmen frequently, 

 keep them well supplied with fire notices, see that they are 

 posted at frequent intervals and keep each patrolman ac- 

 quainted with his duties." 



L. P. Barney, chief warden at Skinner says : "In the spring 

 of 1911 a fire station was built on Williams Mt. and was put in 

 operation early in the spring. As an illustration of the value 

 of this particular station, on July 5th 1912 a watchman located 

 a fire near Brassua pond and on July loth a fire was noted on 

 the west part of Misery, near Cold Stream pond. The first 

 fire started by lightning and the other by some heedless person 

 dropping a match. Had it not been for this station and tele- 

 phone connections, a great deal of damage would have been 

 done. As it was, in three hours from the time the lookout, 

 notified me, we had a dozen men on the job with good results. 

 Both fires were extinguished at a cost of $150 to the state and 

 the land damage was very small, wherein, had it not been for 

 the station the fire no doubt, would have gotten a big headway 

 burning over numbers of acres. Another season a telephone 

 line should be built from Jackman to Skinner in order to have 

 outside connections from Kibbie Mt." 



S. F. Peaslee, chief warden for Franklin and Oxford Coun- 

 ties reports that the bulk of the improvements marie in his 

 territory during the past two seasons consisted of a lookout 

 station built on West Kennebago Mt. in Oxford County. 

 About two and one-half miles of .telephone line was used to 

 connect said station by telephone. 



C. C. Murphy, chief warden of the Rangeley section writes 

 us in reference to the Kennebago Lookout: "In addition to the 

 actual service received from this station that it has a good 

 effect upon the many summer visitors in that section as the 



