Show brush fire frightens fillmore residents last evening tho the residents of fillmore were aroused to a state of intense excitement when a rush brush fire 9 got ot a good start east of town according to reports a group of local girls were having a corn roast they built a tire fire on tile the side hill across from rom archie Ro home just as hundreds of 0 other parties have done in the past never dreaming that it would got get beyond their control but the long lot hot dry spell we have had mado made the brush and trees lust just right to leap into flames at the touch of the ho smallest spark As it happened a crowd of young men from town had gone tor for a ride up the creek and heard the girls first call tor for help they immediately rushed to the scene and part ot of them remained to light fight the tire fire while the driver of 0 the car came with all haste to fillmore to summon more help just at dusk the flames from the fire could be seen at a great distance as 19 they made rapid headway through the trees the men of the town were quick to respond to the call tor for help however and less than a halt half hour after the alarm was spread there must have been well over a hundred busy with shovels and plows the flames were soon under control and every precaution was taken to prevent their further spreading the greatest damage was done to archie Ro land as some good tire fire wood was destroyed and the garden was tramped tromped down by those fighting the tire fire some apprehension was felt tor for the fillmore roller mill for a while as it was in the direct path of 0 the flames also for the residences of archie robison Rob lson W B D shaw and mayor nelson while no blame Is attached to the group who unthinkingly tire fire yet it should be a lesson to everyone when on camping trips in the mountains tal ns or the toot foot hills the importance of watching the camp tire fire cannot be stressed too much especially at this time of 0 tile the year |