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695 



sVuughout the world. Tin- meeting 

 his year will be held in 1'ittshurg. and 



among the Subjects t<> 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 ( 'onven- 

 tion is to bring out the .'pinions and 

 -u^gestions 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 

 i is believed that the deliberations of 

 the Congress at this year's sessions will 

 have an important bearing upon the 

 -ubject of forest conservation ; at least, 

 in so far as it relates to the permanent 

 timber supply for mine uses. 



Illinois Votes for Waterway 



AT THE National Election <>u 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 Ltica. 111., on the 

 Illinois River, This channel, when 

 completed, is to be a part of the ship 

 canal from the Great Lake's to the dull". 

 running through the Chicago River, the 

 Drainage < 'anal, 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. s () far 

 as the people of the stat< are concerned 

 the final word has been said and the 

 canal is authorized. 



Forest Receipts in Western Depositories 



BFCINNINC December I. receipts 

 from tin- sj x field districts into 

 which the National Forests have been 

 divided will be deposited in Western 



banks, and the < i< -\ eminent ha- selected 

 the si\ depositories which are to handle 

 the funds taken ii; at headquarters of 

 tli<' several new districts. The object 

 ol this move, it is announced, is to k 

 the National Forest receipts in the re 

 U'ion in which they originate: the funds 



will be deposited to the credit of the 



Treasurer of the I "nited State-, but will 

 be available for circulation in the 

 tions from which they are derived. All 

 moneys received fnnn timber sale-, per- 

 mits for -tock grazing and for special 

 uses of the various natural res .urces in 

 the National Forests will be handled in 

 this manner. The dejx isjtnries chosen, 

 by districts, are: First District, includ- 

 ing Northeastern Washington. North- 

 ern Idaho. Northern Wyoming. 

 Northwestern South Dakota, 'he W> 

 ern National Hank. Missoula. Mont. 



Second District, including Colorado. 

 Southern Wyoming. South Dakota. 

 Northwestern Minnesota. Nebraska, 

 Western Kansas. Southeastern I "tan, 

 the Denver National I'.ank. Denver. 

 Colo. 



Third District, including Arizona. 

 Arkansas. New Mexico, and Oklahoma 

 the First National Hank. Albuquerque. 

 N. Mex. 



Fourth District, including I "tab, 

 Southern Idaho. Western Wyoming. 

 Fastern Nevada, and Northwest 

 Arizona, the First National Hank. < 

 den. Ctali. 



Fifth District, includr .'ifornia 



and Southwestern Nevada, the F'irst 

 National Hank. San Franc 1 'al. 



Sixth District, including Washing 

 ton, < h'cgon. and small part of North 

 (rii Caiiforui-i and \laska. the Fir-t 

 National Hank. 1 '< .rtlatid ' 



The estimated rec from Nationa' 



For if the pres nt ti-cal year will 



approximate $ making the 



timated receipt^ from rhe -ix field 

 tricts from S md 



this money, instead of ' --nt div 



to Washington, as in the past, will r 

 main in the country in which i' origi- 

 nate-, ready for tF '" local 

 circulate >n 



