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in the Office of the Chief Clerk, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., at 

 2 p. m. Friday, May 2 r 1913. The awards will be made soon after that date and the 

 forest supervisors will be notified regarding the contractors and prices for telephone 

 equipment and barbed wire in order that they may be able to place their orders hi 

 time to insure early delivery at the beginning of the fiscal year. 



Proclamation 



The proclamation of March 3, 1913, affecting the Kaniksu, Pend Oreille, and Payette 

 National Forests, was issued in accordance with the cooperative agreement of October 

 4, 1911, between the Secretary of Agriculture and the governor of the State of Idaho, 

 whereby the State relinquished its claim to 548,157 acres of unsurveyed school sections 

 within the National Forests of the State of Idaho in lieu of approximately 193,000 

 acres of timber land, principally from within the Kaniksu National Forest, and the 

 remaining, 355,157 acres, which will be selected by the State from the vacant public 

 lands outside the National Forests suitable for grazing purposes and lying principally 

 adjacent to Bannock, Bingham, and Bonneville Counties. 



Portals- 

 It has been found desirable on some Forests to erect portals at the intersection of 

 important highways and Forest boundaries, since they serve as a warning to large 

 numbers of visitors who use the Forests for camping, hunting, fishing, and other recrea- 

 tion. It is probable that about 20 per cent of forest fires are caused by the carelessness 

 of visitors, and some of this hazard may be decreased if they are made to realize when 

 they have entered an area which is vigorously patrolled by forest officers. 



There is no general order for the erection of portals nor has any allotment been made 

 for such work. Some have been built under circumstances which involved no cost 

 to the Government. If they are to be erected it is desirable that they shall serve a 

 useful purpose and be dignified in appearance. Therefore several designs have been 

 prepared, two of which have been issued to district foresters. Others may be pre- 

 pared and issued as the demand for them arises. 



Form 988, revised January 8, 1913 



In future all requisitions for photographic work or supplies must be made upon this 

 revised form. Failure to do this will result in inconvenience and delay. Photo- 

 graphic films have been made expendable property, and since the keeping of charge 

 and credit accounts has been discontinued, the photographer's record will in future 

 be kept on the back of the revised form in the space provided for that purpose. 



LANDS. 



Settlement Notification to Applicants of Exception Surveys- 

 Reference is made to the note on page 134 of the April, 1911, Field Program. Here- 

 after the practice of notifying applicants under the act of June 11, 1906, that they will 

 be obliged to pay for the survey of strips excepted from lists filed upon their applica- 

 tions, will be discontinued. However, the usual notification to applicants that list- 

 ings have been made subject to such exceptions should be continued. 



