Show Forest Service Will Willa Pay a Counties Sum SumIn SumIn um In n lieu o of Taxes axes The division of fiscal control I of the tho Ogden office of the Forest service has just been advised that will be pain paid to the states of the intermountain region for the counties In which the national forests are located in lieu of taxes it was announced during the past week by forest officials The sum represents 25 per cent centor of or the tho receipts of the national Co forests rests of this region during the fiscal year of 1943 and Is distributed dIstributed distributed dis dIs- In proportion to the acreage which each county has hasIn hasin hasin In the forests from which the receipts are aro derived The frosts of southern Idaho will contribute Utah 4 Nevada Wyoming and Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado The Tho largest contribution con Is made b by the Humbolt forest in northern Nevada The Welser Weiser forest In southwestern southwest southwest- ern Idaho cames carves second with and the Boise forest is third with In addition to the above contribution contribution contribution con con- In in lieu of taxes ten ton per cent of the net receipts or of orthe orthe the forests is returned to the for tor- est service for the construction of roads and trails In the forests it was stated National forest receipts have increased it was said and this of course will mean an increase to tho the counties |