The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-08
REVENUE FROM FORESTS
APPORTIONED IN STATE
SHoSHONE COUNTY GETS AL
LoWANcE FOR ROAD AND
SCHOOL FUNDS.

Under an Act of Congress the
States containing National Forests
receive annually % per cent of the
gross receipts for the preceding is-
cal year ending June 30 says G.. *.
McHarg, supervisor Of the Occur d.
Alene and St Joe National Forests
in the Occur d'Alene Press Idaho
containing 10 million acres of National
Forest land, was recently allotted,
under this authority S2OS,1SS for her
road and school funds. In this dis
tribution Idaho is third, being ahead
OF every state except California and
Oregon.
AT the close OF the fiscal year the
receipts for each National Forest
from sales of timber, grazing privi-
leges, special uses and trespass are
totaled and the state Treasurer is
presented with Uncle Sans check Tor
one quarter of the gross proceeds Of
each National Forest in the state.
cor the total for Idaho the Occur
d'Alene and ST. Joe National Forests
this year account for one-quarter of
the total fund The revenue of the
Occur d'Alene was Si49,i25.Sl and /
of the st. Joe S52,S19.S9 The TWEEN
ty five per cent fund from these two ,
forests is thus $372SL45 and S1S, /.
O79.S5 respectively. a total OF $50,
s61SO.
How Allotted.
1.-THE State Treasurer allots this /
fund to the counties in accordance I
with the percentage of the National /
forest area within the counties. Bon
ner. Kootenai, Shoshone. Benewah, /
Latah and Clearwater counties bene
At by this fund in proportion to the 7
area of the Occur d'Alene or st. 1
Joe Forests lying within their boun 1
daries The net area of the Occur .
d'Alene National Forest is 662.57O /
acres. of which 2.2 per cent is in /
Bonner County. 2S.4 per cent in /
Kootenai County and g.. per cent is
in Shoshone County. The SS7,2S1.l5 /
from the receipts of the Occur dA- /
lene Forest is. therefore, prorated /
SS2O19 to Bonner County S1O5S79 80 /
to Kootenai County and s2S.S7S.SS to /
Shoshone County. The net area of /
the ST Joe National Forest is 54S,962 |
acres. of which per cent is in Bene-
wah County. SIS per cent in Latah /
County S.5 per cent IN Clearwater
County and ST. per cent in Shoshone
County The s1S.O79.S5 from the re-
ceipts of the st Joe Forest is dis
tributed as follows: Benewah County
s3924O: Latah County S75S6s; Clear
waite, County si57.7e;; Shoshcne
County S11,471.Os
'From this it is clear that sho-
shone County benefits greatest from
the twenty five per cent fund, with
Kootenai County next Shoshone
County's share totals SS7S4fS6 from
the receipts of the two forests,
while Kootenai County receives $1O,-
5S79s. This Of course, is as il should
be, since the bulk of the area Of both
forests lies within Shoshone County
boundaries.
shoshone's Share.
Under the Idaho law this National
Forest fund is divided 10y the state
Treasurer on the basis of twenty five
percent to the school fund and seven
ty-hve percent to the road fund. The
amounts for the two principal coun-
ties will thus be;
shoshone County-Road Fund S2S.- s
O0s.27. School Fund S9.SS6.O9.
County-Road Fund 81
94O.95; School Fund. S2.6i6.9S.
1.-THE greatest part of the receipts
from the Occur dAlene and St Joe
National forests comes from the sale
of timber. i'm fact well over 95 PEI
cent of the revenue is from that
source. This year beginning July I. 5
represents period of development 5
which viii eventually result i'm at ,
least a doubling of the counties funds \
from this source. Because of this ;
necessary period of development the 5
cut OF timber from the Forests will
be somewhat curtailed until toward
the end of the current fiscal year, with
a consequent reduction in receipts. u
IS estimated. however. that the Occur 5
dAlene Forest alone Will produce
over 100000 in the fiscal year be-
CHING July l. 1924 This means that
the twenty five percent fund will C
amount TO $4,000 a year from the C
Occur dAlene, of which Kootenai d
County will receive $4,000 as against il
slO.5S7 for the year just past. p
an addition to the twenty five per q
cent fund the Forest Service receives T
iirectly a ten percent fund, which is ii
10 per cent of the gross receipts. for n
he development of roads and trails L
If benefit TO the local communities p
rhis appropriation is used locally Ia 81
cooperation with the counties in the Vi
of much needed roads in the Of
districts where trans pl
is needed" al
One of the most wonderful clocks in vi
he world is to be seen in the cathe-
raj of Wells p,poland II was no5p bf