Show REVIVES INTEREST i IN RUBBER PLANT PUNT Colorado Prospector Gets Decision Decision Decision De De- De- De From Washington Patent Office FIGHT WITH CAPITALIST Wc Wealthy all Man Man- Inn l to tn Heap Benefit From ory la jc May Open OpenNess OpenNess' Ness v Industry Denver April Apri 1 A I-A I A telegram this morning convoyed Conveyed on the tho Intel intelligence that Benjamin min F. F Spencer a poor POOl prospector residing at Tenn Tennyson son street street has won WOI out before the patent office at Washington and been given I all al rights to lo the product that prom prom- to revolutionize the rubber l In Industry In- In llusta and alt who whose e value alue will wf probably prove priceless Spencer Is an old prospector o of oC Colorado anti and Now Nev Mexico For years he has hunted for 01 the golden treasure treas treas- gollel ure nrc with wih but bu in Indifferent success 01 On September tem ber 23 23 3 1902 while 1 he was picking nicking around Gul Golden en N. N M. M 1 he ho ac- ac overturned hl his lunch basket containing a n supply of drinking water Finds New Neu- Hoot Hot That part of oC if the tho territory being beins ex extremely cx- cx tx- tx arid the prospector thoroughly thor thor- thirsty b began miming about 3 o'clock on OIl the afternoon of or that day ay for or the Ore Oregon on grape root which ha has a purple leaf and red blo blossom om and anti which when chewed slakes shakes the time thirst t re c found nono of tho the plant but en- en nou ji root re rr cn being bellg yellow elo anti and with wih a sort ort of or cot cottony cottony cot cot- ottony ot- ot tony fuzz z on time the to top Jt It 1 was wu ta tasteless tele s which proved It to toJo Je Jo poisonous non and Spencer pence chewed chew ed It It After ACter a short tm time ho found fount that he ho ha had a spongy ball bali bal In his mouth whitish h and resembling rubbe rub rub- be her ber For FOI three e days he chewed this plant until he lit 1 lad had accumulated a a. q hull ball bal as S large as an un e egg s. s This he ht brought to Denver Den e Various chemists Including A A A. M. M f. f Bram mid and Dr Di Bartlott Bart Bart- lott loto o of time the tw Colorado Colordo Iron Works company com com puny pany nl te tested tec the time sample and aul pronounced pro pro- It I similar to rubber SUhl gum Then hen hen Spencer obtained the services of If f fC C C. M. M r Fueller who made extensive n l c experiments with wih the ball bali nn and found that It a was a aery ery emy IT fine substitute for 01 rubber 1 t for Patent tel t Thereupon hel upon Spencer I entered Into a contract with the Ye Western t rn Parent I Crude Rubber com company pan of Santa rUa Fe Fo I N. N M. M 1 ml antI and a patent was requested from Washington ton Of or course tills created Interference with Brownell's Brown Brown- t an mum ni wih n ells ell's 1 patent and amid ald as all al parties seeing Ing the lie lJ possibilities tr were ere determined t litigation liti lt- lt gation gaton was vas wa r resorted to Testimony was taken In Demer tI Hayt t Daw Dawon Davson onA Wright rIght ht representing Spencer and ant Charles C. C Bulkley of oC Chicago o. o lookIng look look- log Ing titter after a Brownell's interests t This evidence was waR submitted to H Washington Washing hin tim ton and auth today hulay came word by that the tl department of Im had decided absolutely in Spencer's Spencers favor If H lh the product Ical really proves a substitute sub uh- imi for or rubber I there Is no limit to the ihie value of oC th the tho discovery It I can be he obtained and amid treated t for fourth one of oC the tho co cost t of para pam runner Bicycle tires tl's can caim cn h be made from It H. anti and It I withstands vulcanizing Now that Sp Spencer ha has won hl his fight a factory will wi ili he be e established tahl In New Mexico anti and i others tH r will wil b be alow allowed to operate un under aim un- I I der cr a royalty system |