Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-09
IN SPECIAL REPOSITORIES
Six Western National Banks
Have Been Designated for
That Purpose.
Object is to Keep the Funds in Gre
lntion in That Part OF Country
Whence Collected
lspee!al % thn "News.,,l

Washington, NOV. a.-Tho names OF
six government repositories Which are
20 handle receipts oG United StateY
forest service. af,ei.Dec L, when its or
ganization for tic administration OF ia
tional forests VIII be removed from
Washington to six field districts III
tho west, have just been announced
The designation of western banks
to handle tie moneys received from
timber sales, permits for safeguarding
ana for special uses of various re-
sources in national forests is an innu-
walton which will mean that all re-
ceipts of forest service in future viii
be deposited 10 the credit of the
treasurer of the United States and
made available for circulation in that
party of the country from Which they
are derived, within limits of amounts
allowed by law for government de-
posts. instead of being forwarded to
the treasurer 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 OF
Denver Ogden. albuquerque. Missoula-
| Portland ana san Francisco.
REPOSITORIES.
rLey arc as follows:
Western Montona. National bank.
| Missouln. headquarters Of first dis
trict, including northwestern WASH
| ington, northern idaho, northern
! Wyoming, and northwestern South
| Dakota.
Denver National bank. Denver:
| headquarters of second district. in
Guiding Colorado, southern Wyoming,
! South Dakota. northwestern Mime
sofa. Nebraska, western Kansas, south.
eastern Utah.
First National bank, Albuquerque;
| headquarters of tt.ird district, includ-
7 ing !Nrizono, Arkansas, New Mexico,
and Oklahoma.
First national bank, at odgen;
headquarters Of fourth district, in
Guiding Etah, southern Idaho. west
ern INCOMING eastern6 Nevada anti
4 northwestern Arizona
First, National bank. SAL Francis
Il co: headquarters for fifth district In
Guiding California, and southwestern
Nevada.
First National bank, Portland; head
! quarters Of sixth district, including
|. Washington. oregon. small part Of
i northern California and Alaska,
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS,
Estimated receipts from national
forests Tor the present fiscal year MiI
/ be approximately S2,0o0,00O, making
1 receipts from each OF the six districts
range from $2I5,O00 to S35UUOO III
4 repositories will receive all remit
/ tances due the government for the use
Of the treasurer of the United States,
Dec. j. and deposit them 10 the credit
4 of the treasurer of the United States
1 according to the plan which has been
| approved by the officials of the United
/ states treasury. the forest service Of
/ fceis of the various repositories.
i When timber sale. Safeguarding, or
| special use application is made thu
! forest supervisor Will fill out letter
of transmi,tal in duplicate and tell tbs
4! applicant to remit the amount directly
to the national bank which is the de-
postory for his district. Remttances
| will be in the form of national bank
/ draft. express or 5ostotiice money or.
| der, and will be payable to the bank,
| since the forest SUPERVISORS are not
allowed to receive moncN. The let
ter Of translnittal is virtually asdepoSit
| slip to accompany the remittance. The.
! duplicate copy goes to the district
/ fiscal agent All remittances Will be
| assembled and checked up at the eiltl
of each day. single certificate of de-
post 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
I both for users OF rhe IA tional forests
| and for The force in tie Office of eacn
| district forester and as the same time
| Will make ii possible for the govern
| ment 10 deposit national forest receipts
| in western banks, ana help circulation.
| in that particular section Of the couii
Try Where it is originally spent.