CHIEF FIRE WARDEN. 

 SUMMARY OF FOREST FIRES. i8 



County and Town. 



Controlled 



by 



Fire Warden 



or Helper. 



Anoka County- 

 Ham Lake . . 



Beltrami County — 



Itasca 



Township 150-32 

 Township 150-32 

 Township 150-33 

 Township 150-33 



Crow Wing County- 

 Oak Lawn 



Otter Tail County- 

 Girard 



St. Louis County- 

 Township 53-21 . 



Todd County- 

 Bertha 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Unknown 



Burning brush 

 Burning brush 

 Spite 



Unknown 



Smoker 



Fishermen 



Burning grass . 



Yes. 



No. 

 No. 

 Yes. 

 No. 

 Yes. 



Yes. 

 Y&s. 

 Yes. 

 Yes. 



Total acres burned over, 3,635. Damage, 11,541. 

 Classification of causes: 



From burning brush and meadow, 3. 



From fishermen, i. 



From smoker, i. 



From other causes, 5. 



Reports of Fire Wardens of Forest Fires in 1899. 



anoka county. 

 G. Soderberg, chairman of the town of Ham Lake, February 

 ?6, 1900. 



On the 24th of December a fire burned over about 1,000 acres of brush, meadow 

 and light timber and destroyed about ten tons of hay and 20, 000 feet of lumber. 

 Damage, $190. I have investigated, but have not been able to learn the cause of 

 said fire. It was extinguished in 12 hours after it started by hauling water in bar- 

 rels and beating the fire with wet sacks. The weather was somewhat cold; wind 

 from the northwest. 



BELTRAMI COUNTY. 



A. Lindgren, chairman of the town of Itasca, May 30th: 



A fire which originated on section 16, May 12th, burned over 450 acr^ of light 



