The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-11-27
Government to Place National Forest
Receipts in Western Depositories.

Of SIX government deposltorles which
are to handle the receipts Of the Unit
, ed States Forest Service, after De-
cember l, when its organization for
the administration Of the national
forests will be removed from Wash
ington 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 III
the future will be deposited to the
credit Of the treasurer Of the United
States and made available for cir
culation 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. o.
den. Albuquerque, Missoula, Port
land and Sen Francisco. They are as
follows:
Western Montana National bank,
Missoula Montana. Headquarters Of
first district, including northeastern
Washington, northern Idaho, north
ern Wyoming, and northwestern
South Dakota.
Denver National bank, Denver, Co.
dorado, southern Wyoming, South
Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, Ne
braska. western Kansas, southeastern
Utah.
First National bakn, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, headquarters Of third
district, including Arizona. Arkansas,
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 Francis
co, California, headquarters for fifth
district including California and
southwestern Nevada.
! First National bank, Portland, Ore
gon, headquarters Of sixth district,
including Washington, Oregon, a
small part of northern California, and
Alaska.
The estimated receipts for the ma
tional forests for the present fiscal
year will be approximately $2,0O0,-
900. making the receipts from each Of
the six districts range from $4,000
to $330.000. The repositories will re-
ceive all remittances due the govern
ment for use Of the national forests
after December /. and deposit them
to the credit of the .reaurer 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 tim
Der sale, stock grazing, or special USE
application is made, the forest sup
ervisor will fill out a letter of trans
initial in duplicate and tell the ap-
plicant to remit the amount directly
to the national bank which is the de-
pository for the district. Remittances
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 let
ter Of transnittal is virtually a de-
posit slip to accompany the remit
tance. The duplicate copy goes to the
district fiscal agent. All remittances
will be assembled and checked up at
the end Of each day, a single certifi-
cate 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 Ser
vice to perfect, is one which will ex-
redite business both for tie users of
the national forests >nd for the force
in the office Of each district forestry.
and at the same time will make it pos
sible for the government to deposit
: tie national forest receipts in west