FIRE PROTECTION 
LOOKOUT STATIONS. 
HE lookout stations on 
g Agamenticus Mountain 
and Ossipee Hill, on which 
steel towers were erected last 
fall, were connected with the 
system of the New England 
Telephone & Telegraph Com- 
pany. These stations were 
opened early in May and kept 
open until early in October. 
Under an agreemeent with the 
United States Forest Service 
the salary of the watchmen on 
these two stations was paid 
two-thirds by the Service and 
one-third by the State. There 
were thirty-four fires reported 
by the watchman on Agamen- 
= ticus Mountain, and twenty-one 
fires by the watchman on Ossipee Hill. Although the lookout sys- 
tem outside the Maine Forestry District is not yet perfected, we 
are satisfied with the results obtained so far. 
WARDENS 
According to the present law, the selectmen of the towns are 
Forest Fire Wardens, and have the whole responsibility of fire 
protection in their respective towns. Knowing these men to be 
very busy and not having much time to attend to the details of 
forest protection, it was thought advisable by this department to 
