MAINE FORESTRY DISTRICT 25 
12 R. 17; on Round Pond, on the Allagash River in Twp. No. 13 R. 
12; on Umsaskis Lake in Twp. No. 10 R. 13; and on St. Francis 
River in Twp. No. 20 R. 11 and 12. 
Of these camps, those on Twps. 14 R. 16: 12 R. 17 and 10 R. 138 
are fitted with the necessary equipment for permanent occupancy. 
The others are used but temporarily by the patrolmen. They are 
so located as to be convenient as temporary stopping places. 
TELEPHONE LINES. 
The following telephone lines are owned by the Department. 
St. Francis to head of Glazier Lake in Twp. No. 18 R. 10, a 
distance of 10 miles; Dickey, at mouth of Little Black River in Twp. 
No. 16 R. 11 to Rocky Mountain station in Twp. No. 18 R. 12, a 
distance of 15 miles. The Dickey line as above noted, follows the 
St. John River to the St. John Farm, so-called, in Twp. No. 14 R. 
14, a distance of 30 miles. 
From camp on Twp. No. 14, R. 16 to English Lake camp on 
Twp. No. 12 R. 17, following the Canadian Boundary a distance of 
13 miles. 
From camp on Twp. No. 14 R. 16 to Priestly Mountain on same 
township, a distance of 4 miles. 
Other telephone lines on ‘the Allagash and St. John Rivers, and 
lines connecting these rivers, are owned partly by the Department 
and partly by the various lumbering interests and the land owners. 
These lines have been built from time to time and have been used 
in common. 
FIRES 
This territory has been practically free from forest fires the past 
season; only two small fires having gotten beyond the camp fire 
stage. While the patrolmen have extinguished many camp fires in 
their inception, no fires of any consequence have occurred. 
I want to call attention to the extreme good will and hearty 
codperation of the people who live near or within this vast terri- 
tory, and of the lumbermen and the crews of men working in the 
forests. 
To my mind, based upon personal observation and contact with 
these people, a very great part of our success in this fire preven- 
tion work should be accredited to these people. Without honest, 
hearty codperation, our small force of patrolmen, for such a large 
area, would be dealing with a difficult proposition. 
