The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-18
FOREST SERVICE
REPOSITORIES
Banks in Territory Where
Timber is Sold Will Now
Receive Money.
Special to The journal.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE names
of six government repositories which
are to handle the receipts of the Unit
ed States Forest service after De-
cember !, when its organization for
the administration of the National
Forests will be removed from Wash
tngton to six field districts In the
west, nave 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 circu-
lation 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 Wash
ington. The banks which have been
named and who have all consented
10 serve the government are located
in the district headquarters of the
Forest Service at Denver, Ogden, Al
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
Dakota.
Denver National bank, Denver, Col
orado. 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, Arkansas,
New Mexico and Oklahoma.
First National bank, at Ogden,
Utah, headquarters of fourth district,
including Utah, southern Idaho, west
ern Wyoming, eastern Nevada, and
northwestern 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,
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 $4,000. 900,
making the receipts from each of the
six districts range from S275.000 to
$3.50, 900. The repositories will re-
ceive all remittances due the govern
ment for use of the National Forests
after December 1, and deposit them to
the credit of the treasurer of the I'm
Tied States. According to the plan
which has been approved by the Off
Gals of the United States treasury,
tae Forest Service and the officers OF
the various Repositories, when a TIM
Der sale, stock grazing, or special use
application is made, the forest super
visor will fill out letter of transmit
tai in duplicate, and tell the appli-
cant to remit the amount directly to
the national bank which is the depos-
itory for the district. Remittances
will be in the form of a national bank
draft. express or postoffice 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 certiti-
cate of deposit made out by the bank
and mailed to the secretary of the
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 Forests and for the
force in the office of each district for
ester, and at the same time win make
IL possible for the government TO de-
post tne National Forest receipts in
Western banks, and help the circula-
tion in that particular section of the
country where it is originally spent.