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Show WASHINGTON NEiWS "?t' FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Receipts From the National Forests of Utah Under the provisions of the 1908 and 1911 Acts the States are to receive 35 percent of the receipts from the Nation Forests 25 percent per-cent going to the States directly, and 10 percent being allocated to the Forest Service for expenditure expendi-ture in the States on road and trail work within the various forests. This argument makes a direct allocation to the State of Utah of 44,428. 6S, which represents 25 perecent of the receipts from the sale and use of National Forest reserves in the State during the fiscal year ended June, 1943. This sum will now be apportioned appor-tioned according to the net forest area-acres within the boundries of the various counties. Accordingly, Accord-ingly, Garfield County will receive re-ceive the greatest apportione-ment, apportione-ment, while Morgan County will by the same token receive the smallest proportion from this total State allotment. In accordance with the 1913 Act, the sum of $17,771.47 has been rendered available to the Forest Service for the construction construc-tion and maintenance of roads and trails within the National Forests of Utah. The Forest Service reports it spent $1,263,302.41 in Utah during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1943, for the protection of forests, grazing, wild life and construction construc-tion of roads and trails. Coal and Oil Shale Processing Plant During the week both Houses of Congress passed legislation authorizing the expenditure of 30 Million Dollars for coal and oil shale processing plants, these plants ,to be purely installations used in the field of research and experimentation in the extraction of by-products of coal and oil shales. This question has been proposed pro-posed time and again but this this is the first time that Congress Con-gress has taken direct action. It is not contemplated that this sum of money will be spent for this purpose during the war, but will be a postwar project. While the 30 Million Dollars carried in this legislation, it is not an appropriation ap-propriation but is authority and a committment that this sum of I money can be appropriated at the proper time. This legislation is considered to be a great victory for the coal states and the states in the areas where there are oil shales and sands. The location of these plants will be determined by the Bureau of Mines, and it is expected ex-pected that the Bureau will conduct con-duct a study to determine suitable suit-able sites for these plants to be located. The Utah Delegation in a conference with the Secretary of Interior and Bureau of Mines has called to their attention U-tah's U-tah's suitability for location of one of these plants, due to the great possibilities in the coal, oil shales, and sands of the State. |