Show mm JOHNSON HOME is threatened BY FIRE tuesday tuesday afternoon commissioner johnson Joh naon while attending the eilonth monthly 1 y board meeting was suddenly cal called le d by phone the word being that a forest furcel fire that had been set to clear some land on oil its his form farm had jumped the road I 1 and was approaching the corrals and res lie he immediately left for Horsell horsehead Hor ead to help fight the blaze the report is that he had set tho the fire on some land to be cleared across a road from his buildings when the wind was in the opposite direction from the buildings the wind had ch chavrid anad and had burned a large tree which fell across the road and started a blaze in timber adjoining the corrals of the farm when it was discovered by mrs johnson who was at me it had ad encroached so close to the stable yard that it looked as if it would consume all of the improvements prove ments she called her husband over the phone and summoned all ali of the neighbors who could be reached by the same method the response was quick almost the whole countryside going to the scene as quick as autos could carry them they succeeded suc ceded in checking the advance of the blaze before much dam age was done but some very strenuous work was lone done before the blaze was gotten under control the fact that there was very little wind helping j ng to make it possible to put it out as the undergrowth find and all vegetation is so dry that it caught like tinder wherever ever a little blaze touched it |