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town and went into another town. Weather dry and 

 windy, had been dry for about three weeks. 

 Same, January 2, 1904: 



The party accused of setting the fire of October 3ist 

 has been tried and acquitted. 

 B. Nelson, chairman, town of Percy, October 30: 



On the 25th of October a fire which came from the 

 north, town 162, range 46, into this town on section 5, 

 where the land is unsettled, spread over sections 8, 9 and 

 10. It was extinguished in the evening by the work of 

 nine persons by back-firing and using wet sacks, thus saving 

 140 tons of hay. If the fire had not been checked in time 

 it would have done damage to hay and buildings. There 

 was wind from the northwest and it has been dry for four 

 weeks. The fire burned over about i , 200 acres of meadow 

 and brush land. There has been fire in North town over 

 two weeks. 

 Geo. Richards, chairman, town of Richardville, May i : 



April 2ist a fire burned over a few sections of prairie 

 in the northwest part of the town; no damage done here. 

 The weather was quite windy. I cannot find out who 

 started the fire nor exactly where it started from. I was 

 not at home, being away to a funeral that afternoon. 

 John Zalewski, chairman, town of St. Joseph, October 10: 

 At 9 o'clock today a fire originating on section 8 burned 

 over 800 acres of meadow and brush and destroyed 

 50 tons of hay and some poplars; damage $200. South 

 wind and dry for one week. The fire went to Manitoba. 

 It is believed to have been caused by a person burning a 

 fire break around a haystack. 



Louis E. Johnson, chairman, town of Teien, August 15: 



July 28 a fire on section 36, caused by a farmer from 



Dakota cutting hay, burned over 120 acres of prairie and 



meadow and destroyed 30 tons of hay in stack and 40 



