The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-11-01
FOREST ROAD FUNDS
FOR SHOSHONE CO.
BUILD ROAD TO AVERY
McHarg Gives Interesting
Forest Fund Facts--Fish
Hatchery Discussed
BUILD ROAD TO AVERY

X HOSHONE COUNTY will re-
ceive $37,195 as its share of the
receipts from sale of timber,
grazing privileges. etc, on the
Occur d'Alene and st. Joe national
forests for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1928. according to a statement
made by c. X. McHarg, supervisor
of the two national forests named. in
addressing the board of trade yester-
da Explaining the plan under which
the distribution of forest funds is
made, Mr.. McHarg said that at the
close of the fiscal year one fourth of
the gross receipts from national for
ests in each state is paid to the state
treasurer and by him in turn paid to
the counties in which the national for
ests are located, appOrtiOned on the
basis of area within each county, rs
per cent of which is allotted to the
county school fund and rs per cent
to the road fund. The receipts of
the Occur d'Alene national forest last
year, Mr.. McHarg said, amounted to
S149125.S1, and of this sum % per
cent or $372S1.45 goes to the counties
in proportion to area of forest land.
Sixty-nine per cent of the Occur dA-
lene forest is in Shoshone county,
which therefore receives that percent
age of the one fourth, or $25, 724.20.
The receipts of the ST Joe forest
amounted to $52,S19.39, one fourth of
which is $13,O79.S5. OF this reserve,
ST. per cent is in Shoshone county,
which means that this county receives
S11,471.OS from that source, making a
total of $37195.26 Shoshone county
will receive from the two national for
ests for last year Mr.. McHarg said
that for the year beginning 1924 he
estimated the gross receipts for the
Occur d'Alene forest alone would be
100000 and that there would be a
corresponding increase n the 50. Joe
receipts. from which it is evident that
Shoshone county is in line for large
road and school revenue from that
source.
Road to. Avery.
Mr.. McHarg further said that 10
per cent of the gross receipts of each
national forest is returned to be used
in the construction of roads and trails
for the administration and protection
of the forests and the use of the public.
1t is this fund that has enabled him
as the representative of the forest
service to take up the construction of
a road from Wallace to Avery, the
survey of which will soon be made
and which he hopes to have com
pieted within two or three years. He
said it would be quite an expensive
piece of work and the county would
be asked to cooperate to some extent
which he had no doubt it would be
glad to do in view or the great bene-
fit such a highway would be to the
county
Mr.. McHarg stated that while Ida
no had taken the lead in cooperative !
efforts to protect the forests from fire, |
the state is still without a definite !
forest policy, which he hoped would |
receive favorable action by the next |
legislature.
Fish Hatchery Again.
In connection with the request for |
q contribution by the board of trade |
for the support of the fish hatchery |
at Occur d'Alene, the secretary read |
letter from the Occur d'Alene cham
Der of commerce giving the annual
sums paid by that body for it's sup
port.
e. f. Mackey wanted more infor-
nation before taking action. He
wanted to know particularly how
much we contributed to the game
department through fish and game IL
cences and on his motion that infor-
nation will be sought.
E. R. Dinny recalled that when the
hatchtry was established at Occur
dAlene, upon the request of repre-
sentatives of that city, the people OF
Shoshone county contributed $500 TO
show their interest in the institution
and help the lake city. He thought
that was enough.
Publicity via Spokane.
President Hull stated that he had been
requested to bring to the attention OF
the board the special edition of the
Spokesman Review to be issued De-
cember u and which he was informed
would devote twenty-four pages TO
the Occur dAlene district. Rates OF
advertising were, Mr. Hull said, s425
per page or $3.50 per inch for less
space; also single copies would be
wrapped and mailed at cents each
The motion to refer the matter to
the publicity committee which was
finally adopted drew out an interest
ing discussion, in which it was evil
dent that sentiment of the members
was not favorable to taking adver-
Using space, and that in the matter