Show FAR WESTERN STATES RECEIVE FRON FROM NATIONAL yAT IONAL FORESTS the five states of idaho montana wyoming utah and nevada have received sums ranging from to from the united states department ot of agriculture as their share of 0 the receipts from national forest resources during the fiscal year 19 1923 23 accord according ing to an announcement by the department notice of the awarded sums has been sent to the governors of the states idaho with 19 national forests embracing acres received the largest sum montana with 17 embracing 15 acres received 75 46 wyoming with with 11 embracing acres received utah with 11 forests embracing acres received and nevada with 8 forests embracing acres received one fourth of the moneys received by the department from timber sales grazing permits and other uses of 0 national forest lands Is turned over to the states in which such lands are located on a pro rata basis in accordance with an act of congress such sums are tor for the school and road ot at the counties containing these lands the total sum turned over to all states containing national forests during the fiscal year 1923 amounted to twenty seven states and alaska shared in the distribution of this sum which exceeded the annual average tor for the previous five years by about increased sales of timber were largely responsible tor for the record breaking receipts ot of 1923 0 |