The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-18
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NATIONAL
FOREST
RECEIPTS

Washington, Nov. ls-The namen
u six government depository which
are to hendle the receipts OF ne Unit
ed States Forest service. a: er de-
cember /. when it's organization for
the administration OF the National for.
osls viii be removed from Washing
ION TO aix feld 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 VIII mean that
gil the receipts OF the Forest service
in the future viii be deposited to the
credit Of the treasurer OF the United
States and made available for circu-
lhtion IN the parts of the country
from which Il Is derived, within the
limits OF the amounts allowed by law
for government deposits. instead of
heinE foi warded to the treasurer at
Washington The banka which have
been named. and which have all con
scnted to serve the government are
located In the district headquarters
cf the Forest service at Denver Ug
den, Albuquerque. Mssoula. Portland,
and San Francisco
They are as follows:
Western Montana National Bank.
M!esouln. Montana-He Headquarters uf
First district. Including Northeastern
Washington. Northern Idaho. North
ern Wyoming and Northwestern South
Dakota.
Denver National Bank. Denver. Colo
lado- Headquarters OF Second dis
grIct. lhclrding Colorado, Southern
Wyominx. South Dakota, Northwest |
srn Minnesota, Nebraska. Western
Kansas. Southeastern Utah.
First National Bank Albuquerque, |
New ito-Headquarters OF Third |
district. including Arizona. Arkansas,
New Mexico and Oklahoma.
First ;sntional Bank at ogden, Utah |
HeadQnl sers of Fourth district, in !
riuding Utah, Southern Idaho, Western
Wyoming. Eastern Nevada and North
western Arizona.
First tsiiional Bank. san Franclsco.
Observation-Disclosures for Fifth
district, including California. and
southwestern Nevada.
Flfst National Bank, Portland, Ore
gon--Hendqparters Of Sixth district,
inelrdlng Washington. oregon. a small
cart Of Northern California and Alas
ka
The estimated receipts for the Ma
tlonal forests for the present fiscal
year will be approximately s2.000,Cv0, |
making ,lc receipts from each OF the /
aig districts range from S275,000 TO |
8ab0,Oo0 The depositorles will re-
oSive all Iemlttances due the govern
ment for use OF the National forests \
after Dece mber /. and deposit them 60
the credit OF the Treasurer OF tho |
United States. According to the plan
which has been approved by the oil
cihls OF the United States treasury,
he Forest service and the officers OF
the yarinus repositories. when tim
her sale. stock grazing or special use
application Ia made, the forest sup
CTvisor win al out letter of trans
flittal Ia duplicate and tell the appl
cant to remit the amount directly TO
the national bank which is the deposi
tory for the district RomItances will
be In the form Of national bank
draft. express or post Office money
order, aud yill be payable TO the bank
since forest supervisors are not al
ltwed to receive money. The letter
OF transnittal Is virtually deposit
slip to accompany the remittance.
The duplu ate copy goes 10 the dis
irict fiscal agent An remiuanccs
VIII be a. sembled and checked up a.
the end Of each day a single ccrtia-