Show JUNE GRASS FIRE friday afternoon of last abek week a big june grass fire destroyed about SOO bushels of wheat for D E manning and did quite a lot 0 of damage to fences on the foot hills northwest north west of town it is thought the tire fire was started by the dropping of a lighted cigarette in ili the dry grass which burned like powder citizens of tov town ii and people livin living in ili that vicinity fought the files file like hogans but were unable to stop its pi ogress it swept down don on clr mannings wheat stacks like a whirlwind and consumed the entimo c wheat stacks the lie burned on oil the hillside all arid and most of saturday the rhe loss of the SOO bushels of wheat to mr manning was nas quite a ru misfortune isfort une and will be a lesson to others who frequently stack grain and hay in june grass beaole grain or hay is stacked in ili the he districts of june grass fields tile the grass should be plowed up or burned off garland globe |