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tana, under the direct charge of the district forester. All the forest super- 

 visors report to the district forester, who considers matters of general dis- 

 trict policy and finances, large timber sale contracts up to 20,000 ]\1. feet 

 B. M., complaints wliicli can not be settled on the ground by the local force 

 and action on personnel. 



There are seven districts in the forest service organization, all in 

 charge of the forester at Washington, D. C, who reports directly to the 

 Secretary o"* Agriculture 



A Scenic Homestead Amid the Forests on the Shores of the Beautiful Flathead Lake. 



■which such proceeds are derived; but the Secretary of Agriculture may, whenever practicable, 

 in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the furtherance of any system of 

 highways of which such roads may be made a part." 



The above act of congress makes an appropriation, for expenditure each year by the for- 

 est service, equal to 10% of the total receipts of the national forests in each state. The 

 which will benefit groups of settlers and communities within the national forests at present 

 policy of the forest service in building roads with this money is to undertake; first, projects 

 without adequate means of transportation; second, those roads in the national forests of 

 most use to settlers and communities immediately adjacent to the forest; third, roads which 

 are part of the state trunk line highways. In most cases the money is put in projects of the 

 above classes where it is possible to secure co-operation in the construction on the part of 

 counties or local organizations. 



0$3,500 Permanent Improvement allotment for roads in addition. 



— Literally hundreds of Montana's beautiful streams flow over beds of gold. 



