20 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



C. A. A. Nelson, fire warden, town of Tofte, June 17: 



On the 7th instant a fire on section 27, town 60, range 

 3, caused by burning brush, spread over 2, ooo acres of light 

 timber land and destroyed a logging camp with imple- 

 ments and two homestead houses; did damage to the 

 amount of $6,000, including $4,000 worth of buildings. 

 It was extinguished in nine days, eleven persons assisting, 

 by digging up dirt, cutting down timber and carrying 

 water. The weather was dry and windy, had been dry 

 for two or three weeks. 



ITASCA COUNTY. 



James Troy, chairman, town of Bridgie, October 30: 



There has been no fire in this town, but in the tov/n 

 adjoining on the west (151-30) ties were made last winter 

 in section 36, through which the railroad runs, and the 

 slashing is all over the whole section, which would cause 

 great damage to the state timber if it caught fire. It 

 should be looked into, as fire could easily start and run 

 east into the settlement of Bridgie, and great damage 

 be done. 



H. C. Grove, chairman, town of Campbell, June 1 1 : 



On the 4th instant a fire caused by burning brush on 

 section 25, town 155, range 25, burned over about 600 

 acres of brush, jack pine and some Norway, mostly small 

 timber and some down timber; damage $800. Weather 

 dry and had been dry for some time, with hardly any 

 wind. It was extinguished in four days after it started, 

 with the help of about twenty persons, using axes and 

 shovels and cutting down timber and digging trenches; 

 some places a team and plow were used. The fire was 

 fought more or less all the time until it was put out by 

 rain. This is the only organized town for miles around. 

 Parts of the country are sandy and covered with jack pine 

 and in dry weather very dangerous in case of fire. There 



