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About Oneâ€"Fourth Less in Size Than Present Bills; Grime e of Filling Station Is Cause of Change NEW CURRENCY TO _ BE SMALLER, REPORT Announcement that the new "thumbâ€"nail" size currency of the United States Treasury will make its initial debut within about July 1, 1929 was made this week by Assistâ€" antâ€"Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Henick Bond. Filling Station Cause Following the advent of the autoâ€" mobile it was found that bills of small denomination came back to the redemption bureau of the Treasury Department more often for reissuance. A study, made by the government, revealed that the grime and oil from the filling station attendant‘s hands Why the familiar sized bills are| being reduced approximately one-! fourth in size is an interesting story | that probably t one in a thousand; motorists knowâ€"but it is due priâ€" marily to the motorist that the old ; si«m‘ currency is to be taken out of( circulation and the smaller bill inâ€", stalled. does more than any other thing to soil notes, causing them to deteriorâ€" ate faster than formerly. â€" The frequency with which a dollar bill comes back to a filling station: has just been determined as the reâ€". suk of an interesting experiment made by the American Motorists‘ asâ€". sociation in coâ€"operation with The Automobile club of Illinois, Result of Experiment ‘ It was found that approximately every seventh time that a bill changes hands it finds its way back to the vil station, where it becomes more be~ grimed by oil and smears. The exâ€" periment was made by circulating 50 one dollar bills, with a request atâ€" tached that each spender endorse on the slip what he spent it for, and that the person holding the bill after the tenth endorsement should return it to the Atmerican Motorists‘ associaâ€" tion‘s headquarters at Washington. The fifty bills were circulated in ten cities with the results that out of 36 bills returned, containing 371 endorseâ€" ments, 53 of the endorsements indiâ€" cated that the bill had been spent by a motorist for gas or oil. be 6 5â€"16 by 2 11â€"16, will not be folded sa‘closely and this will increase the life of each bill appreciably, the Deâ€" partment believes. A special study was made also by government exâ€" pertsâ€"to make the bills as oilâ€"proof as possible with the end in view of furthering their life against the necâ€" essary hard use put to them by motorâ€" ists purchasing gas and oil. The gigantic money presses of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are now turning out the new issue at the rate of millions of dollars per day in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10.000. Aproximately 53 per cent of the entire issue of one billion of bills will be of $1 denomination. > Another interesting innovation in the new style of money will be that for the first time in the history of the United States the new bills will bear The smaller sized bill, which will BE ISSUED JULY, 1919 PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 33 West Grand Avenue Public Officials Build Durable, Economical, Concrete Pavements, They Protect and Safeguard the Taxpayers‘ Interests oA National irati t haprove and Exend the Uses 3f Concrete Offices in 32 Cities When | _ "Trivially viewed," says Mr. Rutâ€" geous, theshrdetacinietacinshrdlutmo Iledge, "autumn may be sad; but but ‘in a broad and general sense it is | the most gorgeous, the most opulent ‘and the most enamoring of all seaâ€" | sons. The time of harvest, of melâ€" | low fruitfulness, of strangely renewâ€" ‘td vigor and strength, of the sumptuâ€" “ ous funeral of foliage of old, the splendor of the mighty southward ‘ migration of birds, of the smoke from burning leaves and from cleared gardâ€" ens, of Indian summer, of thatchless | days when the earth seems hardly to breathe under her canopy of golden ! mist, of piles of yellow corn, of rows of cornâ€"shocks like Indian wigwams, | of heaps of ruddy apples, of bubbling cider presses, of aromatic odors from | the fields, the woods, the roadsideâ€" such is autumn. sAYs AUTUMN MOST GORGEOUS SEASON the signature of the Secretary of the Trearury. Signatures of the Regisâ€" ter of the Treasury and the Treasâ€" urer of the United States have always heretofere appeared on the currency. Writer come, the saddest of the year‘, he became a spiritual backslider," says Archibald Rutledge, writing on Auâ€" tumn in The American Magazine. "When William _ Cullen _ Bryant wrote: ‘The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year‘, he "Nature has yielded her all; she is a little tired but trizmphant, fading but beautiful. She is the proud mother. Her beauty has the noble effulgence of maturity. The fragile flowering of maidenly spring has at last borne its fruits and its grains. "Autumn is the long afterglow of summer, a time in which any heart may rejoice. It used to be called St. Martin‘s summer and it was the faâ€" vyorite season with lovers. There is about autumn the golden glamour of a memorable farewell." MAY TAKE GAS RATES BEFORE STATE BODY According to a report made by Trustee C. J. Easterberg, chairman of the Public. Utility committee to the Winnetka Village council last week says the Winnetka Talk, it appears quite probable that the municipaliâ€" ties from Winnetka to Waukegan will have to bring joint action before the Illinois Commerce Commission to seâ€" cure the desired reduction in gas rates. Winnetka Council Hears That North Shore Towns are Paying Too Much The rates of the North Shore Gas company are said to be higher thant those of the Public Service company, which serves the territory immediateâ€" ly south of Winnetka, and negotiaâ€" tions for a reduction in the rates of the North Shore company have been underway for a long time. Trustee Easterberg stated that he had discussed the matter recently with Mayor Lewis of Highland Park, who also feels, he said, that it will be necessary to make an appeal to the lllinois Commerce commission, since, he stated further, the North Shore Gas company has shown no disposiâ€" tion on its part to grant a voluntary reduction. Trustce Easterberg was requested by the council to negotiate further ___ GORGEOUS SEASON WHITE RAG ON DOOR ter i SUMMONS PHYSICIAN Days" Indicates Spiritual Away in Interior of North Carâ€" Backsliding olina Natives Thus Call =â€"â€"â€"~) _ _ _ | For Doctor with Mayor Lewis relative to calling .-.utincalM-lth various municipalities affected that they might further the plan of apâ€" pealing to the commerce commission, according to the Winnetka paper. Far away from modern civilization, in the interior of North Carolina, a white rag hung on the front door serves the purpose of the telephone, according to The American Magazine. A grapevine telegraph system it is called by the country doctors in those parts who know that such a sign on the door is the call for medical assistâ€" ance. Persons living in that far away part of North Carolina know that the doctor passes by their doors on his calls every day. And by arrangeâ€" ment they hang out a white rag, much the same as people used to hang out the ice card, as notification that they have sickness in their houseâ€" hold. An account of this comparatively primevai form of communication is contained in the story of Dr. William T. Griggs, one of the few remaining old time country doctors. Dr. Griggs averages about four hours sleep a night, so much is he in demand by his country clients. Before automoâ€" biles came into use he kept eight driving horses and two drivers. "I kept my drivers so busy that I had to raise their pay to hold them," says Dr. Griggs. "Now that I use an automobile it isn‘t so hard on me." MORE CARS MORE CASH FOR ROADS, IS SLOGAN Ohio Farmers Have Idea That Gasoline Tax Helps Them Get Highways Looking out across their farm lands at the automobiles whizzing by, the Ohio farmers are able to count up, as each car passes, more money for good roads. A tax of three cents a gallon on gasoline supports all expenses conâ€" THE HIGRHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGRLAND PARK, ILLINOIS . (Oienmenmenenmmnnmmemeiscensetenente CHICAGO===â€"DPOST sA TA BE ETT ER/EBY A (GEK* "‘A PAGE FOR EVERARY AGE*, ings. The counties no longer have to chip in to pay for state highway conâ€" nected with state highways in Ohfo, Farm and Fireside has found in a reâ€" cent good roads survey. ‘Twe cents of this pays for maintenance and the other cent pays for new construction Such a saving for the farmer is all part of laws enacted under the urge As a result of Dyer‘s activities, which have received strong backing from an awakened farm group all over the state, much of the terror has been taken out of taxation there. "Organized farmers in Ohio are slowly but relentiessly driving toward ‘‘Iwe cardinal propositions in all the policies Dyer has advocated are these," says the magazine, "first, pay proportion to the benefits received." their ideal of fair taxation and a dolâ€" FINEST DISPLAY OF MEMORIALS IN CHICAGO 5751 RAVENSWOOD AVENUE Phone Long Beach 4646 J. H. ANDERSON MONUMENT CO. GRANITE FURNISHED AND ERECTED BY EVERY DAY IN THE lar‘s werth for each (ax dollar spent," ELECTRIC RAILROAD EFFICIENCY GROWING That the efficiency of the electric railways of the country has increased during the last five years is shown by figures for 655 companies made During the year 1927, the 655 elecâ€" tric railway companies operated 89,â€" 642 cars 2,120,774,257 car miles; while in 1922, the year of the last previous Department of Commerce census, 95,â€" 931 cars were operated over only 2,â€" 081,085,455 car miles. BTOVER CO.â€"31% N. Michigan Ave. 445 E. Erie St. Whitchall 4966 THE FAIRâ€"Sizth Fleorâ€"State 2500 HIGHLAND PARKâ€"Stever Co., 341 Central Ave., Highiand Park 150 HUBBARD WOODSâ€"Stever (‘1 954 Linden Ave., Winnetks 1512 EVANSTONâ€"Sterer Co., 1631 Ave., Greenkea! 4480 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOISâ€"At all their officss FRIGIDAIRE Let it stand beside your Christmas Tree on Christmas morning STOVER COMPANY NEW THE passengers . carrtied, . 14,521,977,083; motor coaches operated by the 655 electric railway companies, 3,878; moâ€" tor comch miles, 130,015,315; coach S emwdnn it 2 C abnas 2 panies, ranks fourth among states in the union. P-yjmhisflmm 81, New York second with 80, and Ohio third with 55. Delaware, ldaho, Nevada, Rhode Island ard South Daâ€" Dreamers make good story tellers; the more wool a man gathers the more yarns he can spin.â€"Farm and Fireâ€" kota tied for last