Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-14
NATIONAL FORESTS PAY OVER
MONEY TO STATES

The position of the National Forest
receipts for the fiscal year 1915 to go
to the benefit Of the various states in
which the forests lie according to the
computation Of the forest service just
approved by the secretary of the
treasury amounts all told to more
than $S50,0OO. The gross receipts for
the year ending June 80 were $2,4S1,-
469.35. of which under the law Is per
cent is paid over to the states for
county school and road purposes and
ar additional 10 per cent Is made
available for expenditure by the secre-
tary Of agriculture in building roads
and trails for the benefit of local
communities.
Montana gets the largest share,
having contributed the largest amount
Of receipts for the sale of timber. graz
Ing, and other uses of the forests, or
more than $4,000. Of this amount,
Montana Is to receive $79,589.78 for
county school and road purposes.
while the forest service will expend
$31,SS5.91 for improvements of special
benefit to local communities and not
included in the regular administrative
and protective improvements. Idaho
comes second with Is per cent al
loAance of $75651.15 and 10 per
cent fund of $30,260.46. California Is
third, receiving a rs per cent allow
ance Of $67,61137 and 10 per cent
fund of $27,044.74 The other national
forests states follow In the order of
the size of their respective shares:
Arizona, 59,SO7.89 under the % per
cent provision and $23.923.16 under
the 10 per cent; Colorado, $69.218.6O
and $12,7145S; Nevada. $16,244.53 and
s19,s7O.33; Utah $4S675.96 and 49,
470.3s: wyoming, $43,0s6.s6 and ST.
23A.76: Washington, $37,445.56 and
s14.97s.23; New Mexico, $31,7s6.46
and s2s.eS7.44; Oregon, $49,675.S3 and
Sc 497.s1: South Dakota, $12,9SS.11
and $5,1s5.25; Alaska, 81, 1875 and
s4,46e.s0 Arkansas, $S,73Se3 and 3d.
4e5.57; Florida, s2,336.T and $ss4.n;
Minnesota, $1,971.60 and $7S8.64;
Nebraska, $1,401.15 and $56O.46; Kan
sas, 31,357.33 and $542.93; Oklahoma,
E759.77 and $303.91; Michigan. $19S.S7
and $685.; North Dakota, $S1.S3 and
Ss2.73; Porto Rico, 1925 and 1910.
The states of Arizona and New
Mexico receive additional shares for
their school funds on account OF
school lands included within the ma
tional forests. yielding them $2S,s6e.46
and $9,311.S7 respectively.
On the national forest purchase
areas in the east, total of $S,977.6O
was SSllected in Georgia, New Hamp-
shire. North Carolina, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, and West Virginia, these states
thereby sharing $994.40 under the rs
1epun eLLes$ pug uoIsIAo1d lueo led
the 10 per cent.
The total amount to be expended
under this system of sharing the for
est receipts with the states to make
,,p for the loss of local taxes due to
public ownership of the land is about
SIG, 900 greater than for the previous
fiscal year, as the receipts for the
fiscal year 1915 exceeded those of the
previous fiscal year by about $4,000.
The provision OF law under which a
portion of the receipts is turned over
to the states dates from 1906, and the
total payments reach, with this years
allotment, nearly $4,5oo,000. The ten
per cent provision for government
built public roads has been In force
onlv since 1912, and has now made
available for this purpose an aggre-
gate Of $926,000.