Arizona republican., 1908-11-18
SIX REPOSITORIES
 TIMBER SALE MONEYS
Their Creation Follows Removal of Forest Administration to Field Districts.

NdSnlnStOn, NOV. l3.--NSpeCldl CUT =
 respondence of The Republican.)-The
 names of six government Repositories
 which are to handle the receipts of the
 United States Forest Service, after De-
 cember l, when its organization for the
 administration of the National Forests
 will be removed from Washington to
 six field districts in the west, have just been announced.
 ! The designation of western banks to | handle the moneys received from tim ! Der sales, permits for stock grazing 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 treas
 urer of the United States and made
 available for circulation in the part or
 the country from which it is derived
 within the limits of the amounts all lowed by law for government deposits, instead of being forwarded to the treas
 urer at Washington. The banks which have been named and which have all
 consented to serve the government are
 located in the district headquarters of
 the forest service at Denver, ogden, All
 buquerque, Missoula, Portland and San
 Francisco. They are as follows: Western Montana National Bank,
 Missoula. Montana. Headquarters of first district, including northeastern Washington, northern Idaho. northern | Wyoming and northwestern South Da-
 kota.
 1 Denver National Bank, Denver. Col
 orado Headquarters of second dis trict, including Colorado, southern ! Wyoming, South Dakota, northwestern
 Minnesota, Nebraska, western Kansas, southeastern Utah.
 | First National Bank, Albuquerque,
 New Mexico. headquarters of third dis
 trict. including Arizona, Arkansas. New Mexico and oklahoma.
 | First National Bank, at ogden, Utah, headquarters of fourth district, includ- | ing Utah, southern Idaho, western Wy oming, eastern Nevada and northwest ern Arizona.
 First National Bank, San Francisco, | California, headquarters for fifth dis trict, including California and south western Nevada.
 First National Bank Portland, Ore
 gon. headquarters of sixth district, in cluding Washington, oregon. a small part of northern California and Alas ka.
 The estimated receipts for the ma
 tional forests for the present fiscal year will be approximately S2,000,00O,
 making the receipts from each of the six districts range from $275,000 to $350. .000 The Repositories will receive all remittances due the government for
 use Of the national forests after De ceniber 1. and deposit them to the cred ! it of the treasurer of the United States. According to the plan which has been approved by the officials of the United States treasury, the forest service and the officers of the various Repositories, when a timber sale, stock grazing, or
 special use application is made, the forest supervisor will fill out a letter of transmittal in duplicate and tell the applicant to remit the amount direct 1 ly to the national bank which is the depository for the district. Remittan- ces will be in the form of a national bank draft, express or post office mon ey order. and will be payable to the bank. since forest supervisors are not allowed to receive money. The letter of transmittal is virtually a deposit slip to accompany the remittance. The duplicate copy goes to the district fis cal agent All remittances will be as- senbled and checked up at the end of each day. a single certificate of depos- it 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 expediate business both for the users of the national forests and for the force in the office of each dis trict forester, and at the same time will make it possible for the government to deposit the national forest receipts in western banks, and help the circulation in that particular section of the coun- try where it is originally spent.