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myself and wife with wet sacks and plenty of water. The 

 weather was dry and windy, had been dry about four weeks. 

 N. C. Rood chairman town of Nelson Park, April 29: 



April 24th a fire on section three burned over 300 acres 

 and did damage to the amount of 150. A couple of small 

 boys were herding cattle on the sand ridge and one of the 

 boys had a pipe along and lighting the same the smallest 

 boy happened to drop the match in the grass and it was 

 very dry and windy that day. About twenty people help- 

 ed extinguish the fire, which was done in four hours. The 

 weather has been dry all spring. 

 Carl R. Anderson, chairman town of Thief Lake, May 12: 



On the 3rd of May a fire on section 13 burned over 

 100 acres and was caused by burning around hay stacks. 

 Weather dry and windy; had been dry all spring. 



NORMAN COUNTY. 



Ole Aurne, chairman town of Sundal, May 12: 



April 25th a fire originating on section 17, vacant land, 

 burned over 2,000 acres and destroyed brush, meadow 

 and poplar grove; damage 1700. Sixteen persons were 

 working to control the fire. It was all they could do to 

 save their own property. They had no time for anything 

 else. I cannot find out who set the fire. The weather 

 has been dry one month and high wind. 



OTTER TAIL COUNTY. 



Addison Petrie, chairman town of Compton, November 22 ; 



The 20th instant a fire on section 24 burned over about 

 seven or eight acres and destroyed seven tons of hay. 

 Eight persons helped whip it out. Weather dry two weeks 

 and hard wind. 



