The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-17
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IN SIX! BANKS
,t50HeFnmeEt zee IS hem to.
Handle Nloney Recsfysd
From Timber Sales

WASHINGTON b. Nov 4 -
4 The names OF SIX EovernfneRt depos-
Tories which are to hnnde the res
icefnta OF the Uni4ed States Forest
Y Services after DeceinheF when is
4 or'snrliza tion for the admin stration
kinnved from Washfngton 70 SIX field
sllgtrIcts IN the west, haSe5 iSist been
1 annuunced,
The Destination OF Festerp h1l11its
Ito handle the money racsived frpEn
Timber sales, permits for stocle frg7.7
tresources in the National foEest II y
I an innovation which viii mean thai
lalf the receipts of the Forest Service
I In the future win be DEPOSITED to- the
credit OF the treasurer OF the United
! Sthtes and made available for circu-
latfon in the part of the country
from which 1t Is derived within the
limits of the amounts allowed by law
for government deposits instead Of
being forwarded to the treasury at
Washington, The banks which have
been named and which, have all con-
scented to serve the government are
1 located in the district headquarters
OF the Forest Service at Denver. og-
iden, Albuquerque, MISSOURI, Port-
land and San Francisco. They are
as follows:
Western Montana National Bank,
AfIssonla, Montana Headquarters of
first district including northwestern
tern Wyoming and northwestern South
Denver National Bank Denver.
Colorado. Headquarters OF second
district. Including Colorado, southern
Wyoming, South DalSotn. northwest
lern Minnesota, Nebraska, western
Kansas, southeastern Utah.
National Alh1r0h1arnlIH-
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
fern Wyoming. eastern Nevada and
northwestern Arizona.
First National Bank, San Francis
co. California, HEADQUARTERS nth dis
trict. including California and south
western Nevada.
First National Bank Portland,
tOregon. HEADQUARTERS of sixth dis
trfct. 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 $2.0OO.0OO.
making the receipts from each OF the
six districts range from $S75.O00 20
$3.50. 900. The repositories win re-
ceive all remlttances due the govern
ment for use OF the Natioua! Forests
utter December /. and deposit them
to the credit of the treasurer OF the
United States According to the plan
which has been approved by the. Of
ficials 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 SUI
pervisor VIII I'LL out letter of trans
initial In duplicate and tell the appli-l
cant to remit the amount directly: to-
Bpository for the. district. Remittance
win he in the form of n national
bank draft, express or post Office
money order and will be payable to
the bank, since forest supervisors
are not allowed to receive money.
The letter of transmittal is virtually
ia deposit slip to accompany the re-
mittance. The duplicate copy goes to
the district fiscal agent. All remit
tances will be assembled and checke
up at the end OF each day, a single
certificate OF deposit made out by the
bank nd mailed to the Secretary of
the Treasury. This simple plan which
has required months for the Treas |
Forest Service to perfect IS one which !
will expedite business both for tho
users of the National forests and for
the force in the office OF each district
forester. and at the same time Will
make 1t possible for the government
to deposit the National forest receipt
In western banks, and helm the clrcr- |
Iation in that particular section ~
the country where 1t Is oriEinh.,y