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FRONTISPIECE]
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 WILL WANT TO READ THESE INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE BOOKS
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
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