NEWS AND NOTES 



695 



'"Jiroughout the world. The meeting 

 'his year will be held in Pittsburg, and 

 «tmong the subjects to be discussed is 

 that of forest preservation, which, the 

 invitation states^ is held to be intimately 

 related with mining. The invitations 

 summed up the purport of the Con- 

 gress thus : 



"The main purpose of the Conven- 

 tion is to bring out the opinions and 

 suggestions of all men interested in 

 mining upon such matters as need con- 

 sideration, in order to arrive at a rem- 

 edy for any improper condition." 



The American Mining Congress has 

 already taken some long steps forward 

 in the matter of forest protection, and 

 .1 is believed that the deliberations of 

 the Congress at this year's sessions will 

 have an important bearing upon the 

 subject of forest conservation ; at least, 

 in so far as it relates to the permanent 

 timber supply for mine uses. 



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Illinois Votes for Waterway 



AT THE National Election on No- 

 vember 3 the people of Illinois 

 voted on the proposition to bond the 

 state for $20,000,000 for the purpose of 

 constructing a deep-water channel from 

 Lockport, 111., to Utica, 111., on the 

 Illinois River. This channel, when 

 completed, is to be a part of the ship 

 canal from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, 

 running through the Chicago River, the 

 Drainage Canal, and the Illinois River 

 to the Mississippi. The proposition to 

 bond the state for $20,000,000 was car- 

 ried by a decisive majority, and, so far 

 as the people of the state are concerned, 

 the final word has been said and the 

 canal is authorized. 



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Forest Receipts in Western Depositories 



BEGINNING December i, receipts 

 from the six field districts into 

 which the National Forests have been 

 •divided will be deposited in Western 



banks, and the Government has selected 

 the six depositories which are to handle 

 the funds taken in at headquarters of 

 the several new districts. The object 

 of this move, it is announced, is to keep 

 the National Forest receipts in the re- 

 gion in which they originate ; the funds 

 will be deposited to the credit of the 

 Treasurer of the United States, but will 

 be available for circulation in the sec- 

 tions from which they are derived. All 

 moneys received from timber sales, per- 

 mits for stock grazing and for special 

 uses of the various natural resources in 

 the National Forests will be handled in 

 this manner. The depositories chosen, 

 by districts, are : First District, includ- 

 ing Northeastern Washington, North- 

 ern Idaho, Northern Wyoming, and 

 Northwestern South Dakota, the West- 

 ern National Bank, Missoula, Mont. 



Second District, including Colorado, 

 Southern Wyoming, South Dakota, 

 Northwestern Minnesota, Nebraska, 

 Western Kansas, Southeastern Utah, 

 the Denver National Bank, Denver, 

 Colo. 



Third District, including Arizona, 

 Arkansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. 

 the First National Bank, Albuquerque, 

 N. Mex. 



Fourth District, including Utah, 

 Southern Idaho, Western Wyoming, 

 Eastern Nevada, and Northwestern 

 Arizona, the First National Bank. Og- 

 den, Utah. 



Fifth District, including California 

 and Southwestern Nevada, the First 

 National Bank, San Francisco, Cal. 



Sixth District, including Washing- 

 ton, Oregon, and small part of North- 

 ern California and Alaska, the First 

 National Bank, Portland Oreg. 



The estimated receipts from National 

 Forests for the present fiscal year will 

 approximate $2,000,000, making the es- 

 timated receipts from the six field dis- 

 tricts from $275,000 to $350,000, and 

 this money, instead of being sent direct 

 to Washington, as in the past, will re- 

 main in the country in which it origi- 

 nates, ready for the demands of local 

 circulation. 



