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Show Paper Money Wears Out in Short Time The life of a dollar bill Is mucn shorter than It was a few years ago, and the difference Is said to be due to Its frequent passage through the hands of the Individuals at the roadside tilling station. This wus dctermhie by government officials, by circulating 50 $1 bills, with a request attached that each spender Indorse on the slip what he spent It for, and that the person holding the bill nfter the tenth ladorsement tliould return It to the American Motorists' association head- quarters at Washington. The 50 billa were circulated In 10 cities with the result that out of 80 bills returned contulnlng 371 Indorsements, 53 of the Indorsements Indiculed that the bill had been spent by a motorist for gas or oil. The size of the new bills about to he Issued will tend to lengthen their life and also the fact that the paper used will be oil proof to a certain extent. |