18 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



240 acres on sections 17 and 21; destroyed 190 tons of 

 hay. Damage 1760. The same locomotive set fire four 

 times through our town at the same time. It was extin- 

 guished in five hours with the help of forty persons by 

 plowing, shoveling and whipping with wet sacks. 

 Weather had been dry for three weeks. 

 Edward Weaver, chairman, town of Riverton, Septem- 

 ber 20: 



September i8th, at 2 p. m., a fire, supposed to be set 

 by a man unknown to me, by burning an old hay stack 

 bottom, burned over 100 acres of meadow on section 17; 

 destroyed seven stacks of hay. Damage $120. It was 

 extinguished in four hours by plowing. Weather dry for 

 two weeks; wind south. 



R. O. Stevenson, chairman, town of Viding, Novem- 

 ber 28: 



On the 23d of November, a fire, supposed to have 

 been caused by persons lighting cigars, burned over 40 

 acres of prairie land; destroyed about 10 tons of hay, 

 stacked. Damage $50. Was whipped out with wet sacks 

 by seven persons. 



KITTSON COUNTY. 



J. J. Bienek, chairman, town of Hill, October 26: 



October 19th, in the morning, a fire that came from 

 St. Vincent township, burned over 2,000 acres in the 

 northeastern part of this town; destroyed hay and build- 

 ings. Damage $ 1 20. There was quite a crowd fighting 

 the fire, but on account of illness I was not there. 

 Weather has been both dry and windy the whole season. 



LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. 



Charles Roske, chairman, town of Manfred, April 20: 



On the 17th of April, about 2 p. m., a fire, which 

 originated on section 21, being land occupied by Anton 

 Smith, burned over about 1,380 acres of prairie land; 

 destroyed two stacks of hay, three bridges and one barn. 



