8 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



CASS COUNTY. 



George Lewis, chairman, town of Becker, April 28: 



A swamp and brush fire burned over a quarter part 

 of the town, destroying old weeds and brush. Con- 

 trolled by back-firing, plowing and on roads. Everybody 

 assisted. Rain April 22nd stopped the fire. Very dry 

 and windy some of the time; had no rain until now. 

 People here have been clearing land since the middle 

 of March. Have not known anyone to let fire get from 

 their control. A number of fires started on vacant land, 

 but have been stopped without damage, as far as I 

 know. 



CHISAGO COUNTY. 



Robert Striker, chairman, town of Branch, April 3: 



March 27th a fire set by a railroad train on land 

 occupied by C. E. Elmgren, destroyed about 20 cords 

 of cord wood. Damage $40. It was extinguished in 

 six hours with the help of eight persons throwing sand 

 and water. Weather very dry and windy. 



George Kappler, chairman, town of Wyoming, April 3: 

 On the 27th of March, the weather being dry, with 

 a heavy wind, fire was set in three different places in 

 one mile by the ten o'clock railway train running north. 

 Damage $195. Fire was extinguished in five hours 

 with the help of thirty-one persons using water and wet 

 sacks. 



CROW WING COUNTY. 



H. G. Butterfield, Cross Lake, May 12: 



On the 25th of April fire, which originated on land 

 occupied by Nels Garden, on section 24, town of Eagle 

 Lake, burned over 120 acres of light timber; destroyed 

 nothing but underbrush. Fire was not hot enough to 

 damage the pines. It was whipped out with branches 

 of green brush. Weather was partially dry, with light 

 winds. 



