The . farm superintendent's housa
on the L. O. Peck estate at . sunset
Hill was the scene of a threatening
flre last Saturday morning. A gaso
line torch which Maurice Hickey, the
superintendent carried to the cellar
to thaw out frozen water pipes, burst
into flame through a leak near the
handle and when he hastily dropped
it the tube burst and scattered the
blazing liquid all about. His appli
cation of water only made - matters
worse and the floor timbers : were on
lire and the entire building densely
filled with smoke when some of the
'neighbors arrived. Fortunately one
of them had a chemical hand exttjfc
guisher and by means of St the flames
were extinguished. No call had been
sent out for the flre department and
but for the timely use of the little
hand apparatus the house would
probably have been destroyed. A year
or so ago . Fire Co. No. 1 strongly
urged householders to provide them
selves with these extinguish, but
the advice was followed by very few.
Although the assessors will not com
I nlotA tTictr Iflihnrn until next week theW
HOTISATONIG LAKE estimate that the coming grand list
I will not vary materially from mat ox
They have given heed in
$1,000,000 CO.
TO BREAK TRUST
AND CUT PRICES
Men of State Wide Promi
nence Form New Ice
Corporation.
