CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 23 



LAKE COUNTY. 



L. St. Jaques, chairman, town of Two Harbors, June 22: 

 May 3ist a fire on section 15, town 53, range n, 

 burned over 100 acres of cut-over timber and was caused 

 by sparks from an engine. No damage. It was extin- 

 guished in one day with the help of six persons by back- 

 firing. Weather dry. 



MORRISON COUNTY. 



Samuel Tedford, chairman, town of Clough, December i : 

 On the 1 8th of November a fire, caused by burning 

 brush on section 5, burned over 600 acres; destroyed 10 

 tons of hay. Damage $80. It was extinguished by the 

 help of eight persons by water and other means. 

 Weather windy and dry. 



J. O. Baker, chairman, town of Morrill, November 23: 



On the 2Oth instant a fire on section 36 burned over an 

 area of five miles in length by 4 rods to i y 2 miles in 

 width of meadow and light timber; destroyed about 50 

 tons of hay. Damage 1400. I cannot find the party 

 who set the fire; nobody seemed to know anything about 

 it. The fire was extinguished in twelve hours by indi- 

 viduals about fifteen fighting it for the protection of 

 their own property. Weather dry for seven or eight 

 weeks, very high wind. 



ROSEAU COUNTY. 



Thomas Larson, chairman, town of Deer, November 4: 

 On the 1 9th of October in the afternoon, a fire burned 

 over 1,500 acres of brush, meadow and light timber; 

 destroyed about 75 tons of hay. Damage $200. It 

 burned to a big slough, when it stopped. It came from 

 the town of Herim. The weather had been dry about a 

 week and the wind blew hard from the northwest, which 



