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with about 30 men fought the fire all the afternoon and 

 well on in the evening. I am informed that two boys set 

 the fire, but that their indentity is unknown, as they ran 

 from where the fire started and made good their escape. 

 A large amount of jack pine and other timber was de- 

 stroyed, and it was only by hard work that over 1,000 

 cords of wood was saved as well as several buildings. 

 Had not a large number of men acted promptly there is 

 no telling how far the fire would have spread. The 

 weather is very warm and the wind is strong. 



Gust Dohrman, chairman, town of Grant Valley, June 6: 



June ist and 2nd a forest fire on section 14 burned over 

 440 acres of timber and brush and destroyed 30 cords of 

 wood. Not certain how it was caused. The parties who 

 ought to know claim it was set by campers or hunters. 

 It was extinguished in two days by plowing and back- 

 firing. Weather dry and windy. 



A. R. Tillotson, fire warden, town of Northern, May 1 1 : 



On the 1 8th of April a forest and brush fire caused by 

 setting fire to meadow burned over 1,200 acres. It was 

 extinguished by backfiring and throwing earth and water 

 on the fire. Weather dry and windy ; had been dry three 

 weeks or more. 



S. S. Carter, chairman, town of Taylor, May 26: 



A fire the loth instant burned over 350 acres and did 

 damage to the amount of |i,ooo; was extinguished with 

 the help of six persons. There is quite a lot of talk as 

 to who set the fire but as yet it has not been ascertained. 



Same June i : 



Fire has been raging through this township for two 

 weeks; have been fighting fire most of the time and have 

 not had much time to investigate. We have had no 



