16 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



destroyed 100 acres of young Norway pine and one barn. 

 Weather very dry and windy. No rain for three weeks. 



F. D. Sanger, chairman, town of Guthrie, May 3 : 



April 2ist a forest fire supposed to have been caused 

 by burning meadow burned over about 8,000 acres. 

 Nearly the whole town assisted in its 'control; it was 

 finally extinguished by heavy rain. Weather very dry 

 and windy; had been dry all spring. 



Same May 30: 



In regard to damage done by the fire of April, it was 

 not as large as at first thought. A rough estimate by 

 myself and others placed the damage at about $200. In 

 many places it was a benefit to the country. One party 

 reported $200 damage, but when we came and looked it 

 over he concluded the fire had done him $200 worth of 

 good and others were about the same. 



ITASCA COUNTY. 



A. R. McDonald, U. S. Commissioner, Little Fork, 

 April 28: 



I am very much interested in the protection from forest 

 fires of timber and other property in the town of Cing- 

 mars. During the past winter extensive logging opera- 

 tions were conducted in the town and through the ac- 

 cumulation of tree tops and other imflamable materials 

 the danger has been materially increased, necessitating 

 extra vigilance on the part of the town officials. 



John McDonald, chairman, town of Grand Rapids, 

 April 28: 



The 22nd instant a dangerous forest fire broke out in 

 some old pine timber cuttings within a half a mile of the 

 village of Grand Rapids. A stiff wind was blowing from 



