Chapter I: Front Matter

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Boy Scouts
in the Northwest

Or

Fighting Forest Fires

By

Scout Master, G. Harvey Ralphson

Author of

"Boy Scouts in Mexico; or
On Guard with Uncle Sam."
"Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone; or
The Plot Against Uncle Sam."
"Boy Scouts in the Philippines; or
The Key to the Treaty Box."

_Embellished with full page and other illustrations._

M. A. Donohue & Company, Chicago

COPYRIGHT 1911.
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by
M. A. Donohue & Co.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A MOUNTAIN MYSTERY 7
II. THE SIGNAL IN THE SKY 20
III. JUST A TYPEWRITER RIBBON 28
IV. THE AEROPLANE IN DANGER 45
V. THE REVELATION OF A TRAGEDY 58
VI. ABOVE THE CLOUDS AT NIGHT 71
VII. A KEY WITH A BROKEN STEM 85
VIII. FATE OF THE STEAK A LA BRIGAND 100
IX. THE CHAOS OF A BURNING WORLD 113
X. CHASING THE MILKY WAY 125
XI. THE LUCK OF A BOWERY BOY 137
XII. A MEMBER OF THE OWL PATROL 152
XIII. OFF IN A DESPERATE MISSION 166
XIV. THE BATTLE IN THE AIR 179
XV. TOLD BY THE FOREST RANGER 191
XVI. HOW A CAT TREED A WOLF 206
XVII. THE TIME FOR THE ROUND-UP 219
XVIII. TWO INANIMATE WITNESSES 230
XIX. THE MAN BEHIND THE SCENES 244

Boy Scouts
SERIES

EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN THE LAND
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WRITTEN BY
That Great Nature Authority and
Eminent Scout Master

G. HARVEY RALPHSON
of the Black Bear Patrol

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1 Boy Scouts in Mexico;
or, On Guard with Uncle Sam

2 Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone;
or, The Plot Against Uncle Sam

3 Boy Scouts in the Philippines;
or, The Key to the Treaty

4 Boy Scouts in the Northwest;
or, Fighting Forest Fires

5 Boy Scouts in a Motor Boat;
or, Adventures on the Columbia River

6 Boy Scouts in an Airship;
or, The Warning from the Sky

7 Boy Scouts in a Submarine;
or, Searching An Ocean Floor

8 Boy Scouts on Motor Cycles;
or, With the Flying Squadron

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BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTHWEST

OR Fighting Forest Fires