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Forestry Bureau has men here also seeing to the burning; 

 they are very careful men attached to the Bureau here. 

 3oth patrolled from Santiago south to Cass river. Cau- 

 tioned the Indians in regard to putting out their fires; 

 3ist from Cass river to Bena. June ist and 2nd patrolled 

 around Bena. 



I omitted to say that during my time away from Cass 

 Lake there was a forest fire south of town; it burned over 

 a large area and was fought for two days by the custo- 

 dian of the ten sections and forestry men and men from 

 Cass Lake. I wish to state that everywhere I have been 

 the people have helped me without cost. 



Parker Waite, Brainerd, April 28: 



It is not an easy matter to get men out here to fight fire, 

 as the farmers live some distance apart and they have 

 been watching fire to keep it out of their own places. I had 

 to get four men out Monday afternoon to fight fire and 

 when it gets in old slashings with a strong wind blowing 

 it is impossible to check it. I have made inquiries as to 

 the setting of fires but nobody seems to know. 



J. A. Gilberg, chairman, town of Poplar, April 25: 



On the 23rd instant a forest fire originating on sections 

 35 and 16 burned over 600 acres of timber; destroyed all 

 timber. The cause can only be guessed at some one 

 probably burning his meadow, as it was no uncommon 

 thing to see a meadow burning for a few days past. A 

 heavy wind came up that day and many of the people 

 were at church when the fire swept through the timber. 

 Several did all they could to check the fire. No rain 

 for at least three weeks. The fact is for the past week 

 all of Cass county was a pillar of smoke from the Crow 

 Wing river to Walker south and north, and if a true ac- 

 count could be made thousands of dollars worth of tim- 

 ber was destroyed. 



