The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-01
SCHOOLS HAVE
 INCOME. FROM
 FOREST FUNDS

mess in the North Pacific district for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, totaled $S60,663,OS, which is $106,060,60 greater than the receipts of the proceeding year, according to a report just compiled in the office of District Forester George c. Cecil, Portland
 The Whitman national forest, east ern Oregon, leads in receipts with a total of $119,252.87 In the second place, is the TOngass national forest, Alaska, with receipts of $94,21013; the Crater forest, in southern Oregon, comes third with $S1,O7499; while Columbia, Olympic, and Wallowa fol- .Iow in the order named with s44, s64,s6, s43,OS1O1, s41,541S4 receipts respectively.
 By far the greater portion of these receipts came from timber sales which brought in $51S,S4517 during the year and an additional $8,5S2.35 received from timber settlement and timber trespass. The Whitman na- tional forest leads the district in tim Der business, with a total of $96,806,- 94, receipts from timber sales alone. The Tongass national forest, comes second with $79,87863, and the Crater forest in southern Oregon, occupies third place with receipts of $69,579.03. The Columbia forest, Washington, $41,518.75; the Olympic forest, Wash :. ington, BPS, 751.54; and the SiskiyOu forest, in Oregon, $2S,578.SS, follow in the order named. Other forests do- ing timber sale business in excess of $10,0OO are the Rainier, $22,7O365; the Oregon, S21,414.29; Snoqualmie, $21,166.50; Umpqua, s17, ,482.64; Wash ington, $17,056.15; Wenatchee, $12,- S70.11; Siuslaw, $1O,644.O2; Colville, $10,381.39; and the Chugach, $1O,2OO- 25 in timber sales.
 The Wallows forest leads in re- ceipts from grazing with $39,963.34; the Malheur, with $34,45708, comes second; and the Ochoco with S22,- 605,37, third. The Wenaha, $22,374,- 22; the Whitman, $2O,2O7.37; and the Fremont, $19,513.76, occupy fourth, fifth and sixth places. Of the sixth, the Wenaha, partly in Oregon and partly in Washington. Other grazing \ forests having receipts in excess of S10,000O are the Minam, $19,283.07; Okanogan, $18,179.65; the Colville, s15,1o5.59; the Umatilla, s13,31o.23; and the Ranier, $10,097.91.
 The Tongass national forest leads in special use business, with total re- ceipts of 1OOO6O. The Chugach, in Alaska, comes second, with S2,411; the Wallowa, third, S1,06928; the Crater, Colville and Olympic follow ing in the order named.
 The Oregon leads in waterpower business, with receipts of $5,113.81. The Tongass came next with $3,331; and the Whitman third, $865.
 Fire trespass on nine forests DiUuSuL III 9lo,0O i.o4, duu STdZllS trespass on 12 forests, $5,11373 Tim Der trespass on five forests paid . $1,010.95; S7,571.40 covers timber settlement cases on five forests, the Olympic leading with $4,204.5O. The Olympic leads also in fire trespass, with $9,68491
 Twenty-Five per cent of the total receipts for the district, $215,165, will be returned to Oregon, Washing ton, and Alaska, to swell the road and school funds of the counties or districts in which the national forests are located. Ten per cent more, $86,- 066, must be spent in road or trail development within the forests them selves.
 The total receipts from the nation al forests of the country for the last fiscal year were $4,793, ,482.28 which is nearly half million dollars more than for the proceeding year.