72 FOREST PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION 
the fire loss outside of the Maine Forestry District should be any 
larger than it is within the Maine Forestry District. 
I am not writing this letter to find fault with any town offi- 
cial but simply to bring the matter home to you that we may 
codperate to the best possible advantage and do everything we can 
to eliminate forest fires from our State this season. 
Any advice or assistance that we can render we shall be glad 
to do. 
Very truly yours, 
(Signed) FORREST H. COLBY, 
Forest Commissioner. 
In accordance with this letter, deputy wardens were appointed 
in the following towns: Lebanon, Fryeburg, Cornish, Cumberland, 
Monson, Cornville, Searsport, Limerick, and Gorham. Arthur A. 
Ramsdell of York and C. W. Fluent of Cornish Center were ap- 
pointed watchmen for Agamenticus and Ossipee Mountains respec- 
tively. The watchman on Ossipee reported during the season 21 
fires and the watchman on Agamenticus reported 34 fires. An 
agreement was reached with the U. 8S. Forest Service whereby the 
watchmen were paid two-thirds by the Service and one-third by 
this department. The money used by the department to pay these 
watchmen was taken from the appropriation for general forestry 
purposes. Steel has been purchased for two forty-eight-foot towers 
to be placed on.Cedar Mountain in the town of Parsonsfield and 
Pleasant Mountain in the town of Denmark. These four stations 
will cover all of York County, part of Cumberland and all that part 
of Oxford County not covered by the lookout stations in the Maine 
Forestry District. 
SLASH 
Warren C.. Merrill of Skowhegan was appointed inspector to 
look after slash enforcement. As soon as the appropriation for 
general forestry purposes became available, which was on July 4th, 
a Ford car was purchased and turned over to the inspector, who, 
from that time until September 17th, when he finished to return 
to college, had travelled six thousand two hundred and six miles, 
covering nearly all the roads in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, 
Lincoln, Kennebec, Somerset, and the south part of Oxford and 
Franklin. There were many places where the slash was very 
bad and as the weather was very dry it was thought advisable not 
