The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
KEEP THE MONEY WEST.
The Government to Place National
81 Forest Receipts in Western
DepOsitOries,


The Government to Place National
Forest Receipts in Western
Repositories.
The names of six government de-
positories which are to handle the
receipts of the United States Forest
Service, after December 1, when it's
organization for the administration
of the National Forests will be re-
moved from Washington to six field
districts in the west, have just been
announced.
The designation of western banks
to handle the moneys received from
timber sales, permits for stock graz
ing and for special uses of various
resources in the National Forests is
an innovation which will mean that
all the receipts OF the Forest Service
in the future will be deposited to
the credit of the treasurer of the
United States and made available for
circulation in the part of the country
from which it is derived, within the
limits of the amounts allowed by law
for government deposits, instead of
being forwarded to the treasurer at
Washington. The banks which have
been named and which have all con-
sented to serve the government are
located in the district headquarters
of the Forest Service at Denver, Og-
den, Albuquerque, Missoula, Port
land, and San Francisco. They are
as follows:
Western Montana National Bank,
Missoula, Montana, headquarters
Of first district, including northeast
ern Washington. northern Idaho,
northern Wyoming, and northwest
ern South Dakota.
Denver National Bank, Denver,
Colorado, headquarters of second dis
trict, including Colorado, southern
Wyoming, South Dakota, northwest
ern Minnesota, Nebraska, western
Kansas, southeastern Utah.
First National Bank, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, headquarters of third
district, including Arizona, Arkan
sas. New Mexico and Oklahoma.
First National Bank, at Ogden,
Utah, headquarters of fourth dis
trict, including Utah, southern Idaho,
western Wyoming, eastern Nevada
and northwestern Arizona.
First National Bank, San Fran
cisco, California, headquarters for
fifth district, including California
and southwestern Nevada.
First National Bank, Portland,
Oregon, headquarters of sixth dis
trict, including Washington, Oregon,
small part of northern California,
and Alaska.
The estimated receipts for the Ma
tional Forests for the present fiscal
year will be approximately $2,000,-
900, making the receipts from each
of the six districts range from $685.,
900 to $350,OoO. The repositories
will receive all remittances due the
government for use Of the National
Forests after December /, and de-
posits them to the credit of the
treasurer Of the United States. Ac-
cording to the plan which has been
United States treasury, the Forest
Service and the officers of the various
repositories, when a timber sale,
stock grazing, or special use applica-
ton is made, the forest supervisor
will flll out letter Of transmittal
in duplicate and tell the applicant
to remit the amount directly to the
national bank which is the depository
for the district. Remittances will
be in the form Of national bank
draft, express or postofflce money or
der, and will be payable to the bank
since forest supervisors are not al
lowed to receive money. The letter
of transmittal is virtually a deposit
slip to accompany the remittance
The duplicate copy goes to the dis
trict fiscal agent. All remittances
will be assembled and checked up
at the end OF each day, single certi-
ficate Of deposit made out by the
bank and mailed to the secretary OF
the treasury. This simple plan
which has required months for the
treasury officials and officers of the
Forest Service to perfect, is one
which will expedite business both
for the users Of the National For
ests and for the force in the office OF
each district forester, and at the
same time will make it possible for
the government to deposit the Ma
tional Forest receipts in western
banks, and help the circulation in
the particular section OF the country
where 1t is originally spent.