across the street was saved, for the wind was from the north. The fire was so hot that the sap ran out of the knots. Also watched the house roofs one block south because of flying and burning debris and the hay stack on nearby farms.

In 1930 the Hardware Store and a house used as a Post Office then was burned. In 1931 the printing office and blacksmith shop burned. The printing office was then a home for Levi Gus. These buildings were setting where the park is now.

In 1937 on June 20 thousands of dollars were lost in farm places, stock and machinery. Fortunately no human lives were lost. Groves were a jumbled mass. Elmer Peterson living one mile south, one west and half south of Magnet was completely swept away. The William Rohlfs place two miles south of Magnet was a mess of debris. The family took shelter in the cave. The Fred Kraemier and Ernest Strathman places were also hard hit.

At one time Magnet had three different doctors. The first doctor was Dr. Bowden and had his office in the hotel. (The hotel was built next to where Laura Jones home is now.)

Dr. Walton was the second doctor and his office was in back of the drug store. He and his family lived where Warren and Beth Greeno's trailer house blew away by the tornado.

The third doctor was Dr. Loder, His office wasupstairs in the building which is now the town hall.

There were a few buildings that were torn down in the late 30's along with the butcher shop, which didn't get hurt in the fire in 1930. Across the street on the north a barber shop and ice cream shop that were together was torn down and the business was moved under the old Opera House. As the years went by more buildings were torn down.

When cars came into Magnet there wasn't any filling station to supply them with gasoline. The owners of the cars either had their own barrels of gas. When the Ford garage came to town they sold from the one handle pump. The first Filling Station was in 1929 owned by Pete Burmell. The station was in a lean-to on the north side of main street which is now occupied by the Magnet Market grocery store. Then in 1931 Pete built the one which is now standing. Later in 1953, Floyd Dawson bought the station. In 1953 (cont.)