the northeast, north and northwest, and were 

 stopped by the tributaries of the Jordan river, 

 which has its headwaters in this township. 



The southwest fires did the greatest dam- 

 age, as they almost immediately entered the 

 slashings under a very strong southwest wind 



Careless Felling of Large Hemlock Tree 



and followed these slashings through the cen- 

 ter of the tract. The most severe timber kill- 

 ing was at the following general points: 

 Where slash was thrown into the edges of 

 standing timber; where only a part of the 

 stand was cut and the slash left on the 

 ground; where the humus was from four to 

 eight inches deep in the burned-over areas; 



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