CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 35 



RED LAKE COUNTY. 



Mrs. E. Avetson, St. Hilaire, May i : 



A prairie fire has been set and has burnt all the hay 

 I had. 

 John S. Smith, chairman, town of North, October 28: 



May 20th a fire supposed to have been set by a farmer 

 clearing hay land burned over 400 acres but did no dam- 

 age. The weather was dry and windy; had been dry for 

 about three weeks before. 



Louis Parenteau, chairman, town of Terre Bonne, 



November 12: 



July 1 5th a fire burned over 160 acres of hay land and 

 destroyed about 35 tons of hay already cut; damage 

 $240. Cause unknown. Four persons assisted in put- 

 ting the fire out. Having no water, had to plow around 

 it and use brush brooms. Weather dry and had been 

 dry for a couple of months. 



ROSEAU COUNTY. 



Julius Johnson, chairman, town of Dewey, November 2: 

 On the 28th of October a fire caused by clearing land 

 burned over about 400 acres of prairie and destroyed 18 

 tons of hay; damage $100. It went out after reaching a 

 wet slough. The weather was dry and windy, had been 

 dry for about three weeks. 

 Henry Brufladt, Siggstad, October 16: 



A prairie fire was started about eight miles south of 

 here across the Roseau swamp on the loth of October, 

 the wind being the hardest we had this summer, and 

 struck my grove and jumped the fire break and came 

 near destroying all my property. I saved all except my 

 hay 50 loads of number one hay destroyed leaving me 

 with hardly any for the winter for ten head of cattle and 



