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Show m MONEY TO EDUCATE UTAH CHILDREN. H, f j Yesterday, the state officials of Utah were notified that Utah's H ' I I share of the receipts from the national forests within the state, for H' the year ended last June 30, amounts to $33,760.42 This money is to H be distributed among the counties of the state according to the H , area of forest reserve each county contains. M ' Under a law passed by the national congress May 23, 1908, 25 H per cent of all money received as fees or from the sale of timber on. H the forest reserves is to be turned over to the state containing the H forest reserves and is to be used for building public schools and "- ! highways in the counties to which it is apportioned. H !j j Scarcely a county wfthin the state but profits from the federal H d distribution. Uintah county in eastern Utah takes unto itself H ' $5399.49 by Teason of having within its borders the Uintah reserve, H ! one of the largest in the state. H ji The $33,760.42 is divided as follows among the fourteen forest M reserves: Ashley, $2259.77; Cache, $1519.85; Dixie, $486.07; PiU- H more, ,$2274.59; Fish Lake, $2924.85; La Sal, $2439.45; Manti, B M $6797.08; Minidoka, $458.59; Nebo, $1275.79; Pocatello, $54.99'; M !( Powell, $2712.49; Sevier, 3900.87; Uintah, $5399.49; Wasatch m j. $) 256.62. H H ' The state board of examiners will meet in the near future to H- j formally determine the area of forest reserve in each county and to 1 distribute the money accordingly. H -a This money is au inheritage of the Roosevelt administration. H 9 Te measure passed by congress in May, 1908, was prepared under H I tae direction of Theodore Roosevelt as a part of his Scheme of na- B 1 I tioiial conservation. Today, instead of the forests of the inter- H 1 I mountain country being held exclusively by timber lords, that rich aHJaWll estate is kept intact and from the proceeds obtained, thcpcoplc are having their roads built and their children educated. Some maintain that this is all wrong, that Uic public domain should be turned over to private use without the people as a whole benefiting in the least degree. Gradually, ns the public comes to understand the wisdom of the Roosevelt conservation policy, which today turns over to Utah's good road and school funds over $33,000, without depleting the forests or lessening the value of the grazing lands, there will be nothing but words of praise. |