Homesteading 



most dangerous times for these fires. Co-opera- 

 tion to meet them is the rule, and men go miles 

 away from home to help others, sometimes taking 

 a big risk on their own property if others are in 

 great peril. For such co-operation they never 

 ask pay or return work, as it is an unwritten 

 law that everybody fights fire. Horses are won- 

 derful, lines (as the reins are called) being ofter 

 burnt in men's hands. Telephones are one o 

 the best means of stopping fires, by spreading 

 news rapidly. 



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