Show Billionth dollar From forests Enters treasury The billionth dollar in national forest receipts was deposited in the Federal Nov Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced He said the cash receipts were only part of the these public lands Plans are for Benson to present personally to Treasury Anderson a check symbolizing the Th one billion dollars includes gross income since when the Forest Service was to Receipts reached the billion dollar point near the anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt who established so many of the national May 15 of this year was the anniversary of Roosevelt's famous governors conference that launched conservation as a national policy to conserve soils and Other values the American people receive from the million acres of these publicly-owned forest lands are stable spiritual and esthetic outdoor These can't be measured in dollars and How do you measure in the value of a quiet forest to nerves high strung by pressures of city life What is the price of a watershed when is worth whatever you have to pay for How much your |