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Show FIRES. For alsiiit one week cheat grass Ibres have been raging in the hilte to the north and west of Lehi. At this time of tho year "Juno grass" as it is sometimes called is dry and a spark from u passing train or tho dropping of a match in u small bunch uf this means a lire. From the Point of the. Mountain the tires have burned cast ami south until, thoy have reached this grain fluids. Several Lehi people J'ouuht tlio Haines and pi evented the lossof their crops with the exception of one or two small patches of grain. Wo were told the the which burned Monday aud Tuesday over Jordan, was.started by some boy "just to seo it burn." Hundreds of dollars of good feed has been destroyed anil it Is wonderful that tho dry farms over Jordan and to the. north of the Junction wcieuot burned. "Wo do not know whoso duty it would 1m, but soino one should see to it that protection is given lotho people, livery precaution should be taken at this timu of the year to pi event a tiro. |