Show National Forest Receipts Hit Billion Dollar Mark Submitted by Forest Service ce The M Man Manti- Manti a n t LaSal ti-LaSal LaSal National Forest took in 00 in the fiscal year ending June 30 1958 for grazing timber and land use Secretary of Agriculture Benson banked the billionth dollar in National Forest receipts last Thursday November 20 It took 53 years to sell products products products pro pro- ducts worth a billion dollars At Atthe Atthe Atthe the pr present sent rate of collection the second billion should be collected collected col col- in the n next ten years These dollars are really dividends dividends dividends divi divi- to the American people each with one share shafe in Na National National National Na- Na Forests covering million million million mil mil- lion acres Twenty-five Twenty per cent of the receipts are spent in the counties counties counties counties' coun coun- ties ties' o of their origin for schools and roads and an additional 10 per cent is spent in each state for roads within the National Forests All Not Measured In tn Dollars All the values from the National Na National National Na- Na Forests cannot be recorded record record- ed in dollars Seventeen communities communities com corn and nineteen organized water user associations get the major portion of their water supply from storage areas on the Manti-LaSal Manti National Forest Fores Over people use its 20 improved camps and picnic areas and numerous other unimproved unimproved ed areas in a year Some of these visitors hunt the Forests Forest's mule deer some fish on the miles o of stream or acres of lakes and reservoirs some sODe just relax and enjoy the mountain scenery Who can measure in dollars and cents the value o of well-kept well watersheds when water is worth what you ou have to pay to get it What sort o of formula do you use to measure raw materials that keep industries going provide provide provide pro pro- vide jobs keep families together and help stabilize community existence Who ho among you can put a dollar value on the sound o of happy laughter of children playing beside a forest stream 2 Billion illion Spent Do the books balance No not if we look merely at the cold cash During the half haJ century about two and one orie one half billion dollars was spent protecting acquiring and improving National Nation Nation- al ai Forests But if we look at the fir first s t billion as a part o of the dividend on a sound investment the values values values val val- ues ar are way beyond expendi expendi- tures Besides the capital assets as assets assets as- as sets are arc still there in better shape than ever |