16 ANNUAL REPORT OF 



MARSHALL COUNTY. 



O. L. Skonovd, chairman of the Town of Comstock, October 14th: 



On the 5th of this month a fire, caused by burning straw, burned over 800 acres, 

 but did not do much damage. It originated on land occupied by P. Gersk on sec- 

 tion 20. It was extinguished in four hours after it started by plows and wet sacks. 



Amund Johnson, chairman of the town of Foldahl, November nth: 



On the nth instant, between 11 and I2 a. m., a fire which started on vacant 

 railroad land in section 21 burned over 400 acres of meadow and brush and des- 

 troyed forty-four tons of hay; damage, $132. The weather was dry and windy. 

 The fire was extinguished in ten hours after it started by eight persons. It was 

 caused by two boys under 12 years of age, and I am advised by the county attor- 

 ney that no prosecution can be sustained against either them or their father. 



C. A. Anderson, chairman of the town of Spruce Valley, No- 

 vember 1 8 th: 



On the 10th of this month a fire burned over six acres 6f meadow, but did no 

 damage. 



On the I2th instant, a fire on section 22 burned over about 100 acres and des- 

 troyed five tons of hay of the value of $10. It was extinguished in five hours after 

 it started by seven persons by plowing and with wet sacks. The weather was 

 warm and windy. 



Andrew Houde, chairman of the town of West Valley, Decem- 

 ber gth: 



On the 5th of Optober a. fire, which originated in the town of Lincoln, burned 

 over 500 acres of brush meadow. It was put out by six persons before it did any 

 damage. The weather was dry, with strong wind from the north. 



MURRAY COUNTY. 



William Comnick, chairman of the town of Dovray, December 

 25th: 



On the 2 1 St instant a fire, which was purposely set, burned over 60 acres of 

 prairie, field and timber and destroyed 25 tons of hay and 4 acres of Cottonwood 

 grove; damage, 8300. It originated on section 23, being Und partly occupied by 

 William Schultz. It was extinguished in three hours after it started by three per- 

 sons, and by pounding it out with wet sacks. 



NORMAN COUNTY. 



John Liback, chairman of the town of Good Hope (January 

 25, I goo): 



On the 23d instant, a fire originating on sections 29, 30 and 32, being land oc- 

 cupied by L. Olson, Ole Olson and J. S. Tucker, caused, I believe, by clearing o£E 

 old grass for hay land, burned over 1,220 acres of prairie and brush and destroyed 

 a stack of 20 tons of hay; damage, $50. It was extinguished in ten hours after it 

 started by five persons by back-firing, by using wet sacks and by graded roads, 

 There was light wind from the southeast. 



