Aug. 6th. A fire started on Sec. 24, Tp. 49 N., R. 1 E., 

 cause unknown. It was put out by the patrolman; 

 no damage done. 



Aug. 7th. Lightning started a fire on Sec. 20, Tp. 45 

 N., R. 1 W. It was put out by the patrolman; no 

 damage done. 



Aug. 8th. Lightning caused a fire on Sec. I 9, Tp. 45 N., 

 R. 1 E. It was put out by the patrolman; 800 feet 

 timber destroyed. 



Aug. I I th. The carelessness of some fishermen in leav- 

 ing their camp fire started a fire on Sec. 32, Tp. 43 

 N., R. 1 E. It was put out by the patrolman; no 

 damage being done. 



Aug. 1 1th. A fire started on Sec. 36, Tp. 49 N., R. I E. 

 This was caused by some campers leaving their 

 fire; it was put out by the patrolman before any 

 damage resulted. 



Aug. 1 1 th. The fire of a settler in clearing his land 

 caused us to send some men to Sec. 30, Tp. 47 N., R. 

 3 W. For a time this fire looked quite threatening, 

 but it was kept under control and there was no 

 damage done. The extra cost was $8.65. 



Aug. 1 2th. A settler clearing land started a fire on Sec. 

 13, Tp. 48 N., R. 2 W., but no damage resulted 

 and there was no extra cost. 



Aug. 23rd. A fire started on Sec. 8, Tp. 45 N., R. 4 E., 

 caused by sparks from some burning buildings near. 

 It was extinguished without damage to timber and 

 at a cost of $9.50. 



Aug. 30th. A fire started on a homestead in Tp. 48 N., 

 R. 3 W. Cause unknown. It was extinguished at 

 a cost of $5.00, without doing any damage to timber. 



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