CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 18 



J. W. Speelman, chairman, town of Turtle Lake, Sep- 

 tember 8: 

 The summer was very dry until August ist. 



Nelson Willett, chairman, town of Frohn, May 12: 



On the Qth instant at 10 o'clock a fire originating on 

 section 28 burned over 500 acres of heavy timber and 

 destroyed some camps and small timber; damage $200; 

 caused by clearing land. It was extinguished in 1 2 hours 

 by the use of shovels on road ways. Weather dry and 

 windy; had been dry for a week. 

 A. P. Reeve, fire warden, town of Hagalie, July 16: 



Yesterday noon a fire on section 35 burned over about 

 20 acres of cedar slashings and destroyed a small amount 

 of cedar poles and posts; damage $100. The fire was 

 extinguished in 3 hours by the help of twenty-five or 

 thirty persons by back-firing and carrying water. 

 Weather very dry, light windy gusts. The fire would 

 have been very serious if not checked at the start. I saw 

 the smoke and was there when it had about a quarter of an 

 acre burned over, and being on horseback I made quick 

 time in getting men out. The fire started near the cor- 

 ner of section 36 and endangered 13,000 worth of timber. 

 Gust Dohrman, chairman, town of Grant Valley, May 9: 

 Fires April i7th and 2 7th caused by sparks from a 

 Great Northern locomotive did damage estimated at 

 from $75 to $100. The weather was very dry. The 

 fires were extinguished by the use of shovels and water 

 carried in buckets. 



Henry Plumer, chairman, town of Hornet, May 8: 



June 4th a fire caused by clearing land on section 25 

 burned over 10 acres of light cedar and destroyed a very 

 few logs and killed a few trees; damage $25. It was 

 extinguished in 24 hours by the help of five persons, put- 

 ting water on the dry road ahead of the fire. Weather 



