| Show T IIAYBWOKTFI MILLIONS i I V t Solvent for Hydrocarbons Discovered by Charles Ii La Belle Which Produces Rubber and Other Materials l 1 From Hydrocarbons Is Thought to Have Great t F Possibilities th After years of patient experiment diaries II I u Belle oC Sail Lake has perfected a solvent for hydrocarbons and made its application This may r not mean much to some people but Mr iBelle and his associates arc con vlnccd that It I means millions to them A solvent for hydrocarbons has been 1 the quest of chemists the world over for years hut ofnr us known Mr U IvaBelle is the only man In the world 1 today who knows the secret < e The solvent works on all the hydrocarbons hydro-carbons found in Utah with superior results especially the ono known as albcTlllc Gllsonlte claterlte and all the crude oils of Utah respond readily to the treatment ns well The best results I 1 re-sults however are secured from al z 1 hcrtlte which contains no resin and 1d d by means of the right solvent quickly ll d goes to oil of rubber and Is then ready 1t for manipulation i NIKE TEARS EXPERIMENTING Mr LaBelle came to Utah In 1890 1 from southern California About nine years ago he turned his attention to chemistry experiments especially the h study of the hydrocarbons It Is sometime some-time since ho discovered the solvent ho was seeking and continued experlmcntaan L and applications have at last convinced h a k I a i 1 r it S M tt t s i r ii t Ii t r ll t + C Jr La + Belle him that ho has the longsought com f pound So firm was the faith of Mr y LaBclle in ihe ultimate success of his r experiments that he sacrlfided alfribst 1 everytHIng he possessed In his re searches He recelved nothing ImtxHs couragement locally until some time e agO Messrs AJumiJ f G Mead and i R Hendricks of Salt Lake became In f terested and furnished the financial aid la necessary 19 equip modest laboratory a on the west side where Mr LaBelle has been busy perfecting various appli cations of his discovery for months L past If it were only darker Inside the building It might be compared to the famous laboratory Faust except that s there arc no skulls In MY LaB tie s I workshop Around the walls on shelves 1 arc ranged rows and rows of bottles filled with mixtures of all colors and odors There Jfl aifurnadc a darkroom r work benches mlxlng pots boxes tools things and things while scattered I about are samples of the work from the solvent itself which you may look j at and handle I but may not carry away it to finished rubber for all purposes and al x line enamel paints > d SOLVENT WORKS RAPIDLY Mr LaBellc has two methods of using the bojvenl which works almost In stantly A nurrntily of the crude oil iW or IL piece of albortltc will be thrown Into the compound and by the time h 3 you have taken a turn around the room it Is all cone Jn a short time there after the change has taken place The Glt vcswoi in which the solvent Is trill be found partially filled with a Jellylike substance which retains all the luster of the original mineral but which hag been transformed Into It crude rubber and In ready for working up Into the Pl Innumerable uses to which rubber IK I put Although rubber H not the only r product which is f derived from the iL ens rubber forms 1he base of them pro all s and It If I tho forming of rl < of the JI a rubber out hydrocarbons that makes R the great discovery so valuable c f APPLICATIONS AS RUBBER It would be Impossible to enumerate e Fp the different applications of Ins dis covery Mr Lal3elle rm show In Ills laboratory To begin with there t Is rub I ll her of nil Iclnds HP IH giving special I j attention to heavy rubber for springs jIi Ii and steam packing A locomotive en 4 gineer running out of Salt Lake packed 1 one of his pistons with Mr LaBolles tF product almost a year ago and Is I using the tame piece yd to his unbounded I astonishment as he did not believe It I would last more than a few weeks at t3t most t the life of tho ordinary rubber 4 There Is rubber for waterproofing pur TIf 1Mees The cloth is simply saturated It with one of the specially prepared so R Jillions and becomes within a few i moments absolutely waterproof Roof ing paper matting for ship decks and tP countless other waterproof appliances r ran be made The product is not affected af-fected by changes of temperature nor by acids Water and air dont change It In any way C0 PAINTS AND ENAMELS t Along the line of enamels great re t sults have been accomplished The rub bow principle In tho product here makes j It of grat advantage Where the or el dinary enamel when struck by some tw thing crackn off being brittle this new enamel does not Mr LaBelle has some ayl rampfcw of the enamel It works on r Iron and being insusceptible to heat I or cold Is flue for structural Iron Wood taken It well and the substance has a rid beautiful finish drying almost as d quickly na put on and requiring no rubbing to polish it all the substances derived through the process retaining 11 the luster of the original It enamels j pt er ti leather Mr LaBellc has a piece of an old harness to show how It works on that and the effect Is startling It makes a patentleather shoe which will f not crack nor leak the rubber principle Betting In its work again Mr J G Mead had his ordinary shoes made r patent leather two and a half months LfA ago and they are not cracked yet It hr taleo furnishes a waterproof leather tlreAblnff which dries in Jive minutes and WIll hot soil the hands after It Is r dry This would enable a teamster to I i gt oil his harness and put It on his team a few minutes later It makes a bicy i cle enamel which requires no baking m and gives a luster which IB all that 1 I could bo declr < Hl This permits any bl I s d CYcle owner to onamel his own machine and do It in a few minutes It makes s the best insulation known A rubber point made by the process Is suitable i for the bottoms of ships Tt Is not subject sub-ject to the chemical action pf the Malt water and would last for to or three I years r IUr LaBcllc has tested 1 all a these t things during the years he linn been laboring patiently away making applications I appli-cations of his discovery With the limited lim-ited appliances at Iris command he has not been able to make alj the experiments experi-ments he would like to but he has developed de-veloped enough convince him that he hu s a fortune within sight now Another 1 An-other product he has been able to make Is a fine rubber cement It also makes rubber paint which can he applied to bicycle tires and will prolong their service ser-vice by prevontlnr the cracking which I is caused by alkali dust In tho Went The coat could bd put on with a brush In a few minutes would dry In n i few minutes moie and would cost hut a few cents l He has nude a waterproof crayon for ass outdoors on buildings grade slakes l etc Tt Is tv brilliant black soft and readily shaped and 1s absolutely abso-lutely waterproof lie has made a superior su-perior printing Ink which has been tested in Salt Lake and found to be avery > a-very high grade one He makes rubber stamps out ot It and with the necessary neces-sary cutting and rolling machinery could make every kind of elastic rubber I rub-ber as his product possesses elasticity in ii marked degree Messrs Mead and Ucndricks possess an Interest with Mr LaBelle in the liquid products j such as the enamel I paints etc but the solid rabbet part of It IB I Mr LaBelles exclusive properly prop-erly The other gentlemen own some of the finest hydrocarbon claims In the Slate located near Soldier Summit and carrying the only albertltc found in Utah which gives them a good supply to work from WILL CUT PRICES IN TWO = The beauty of the whole thing is that at the prices at which Mr LaBellcs product can be put on the market n great but cap be made in existing prices The solvent lo cheap and loses none of the proper I Ies > of the material treated Exlstlngprlces can be cut at least 60 per cent and In many tuxes even more i From the brief outline given above it can be seen what vast possibilities are in store for the fortunate people interested in-terested in the new discovery Its application ap-plication will also be of benefit to the State In Increasing the value of the hydrocnrbon deposits Utah As has been stated tho solvent works on the oils as well as on the solid hydrocarbons = hydrocar-bons Naturallyfiow that those Interested In such subjects have learned that Mr LaBelle hns arrived he has received Home good offers but none good enough to suit him He will not dispose of his secret for anything short of millions unless he Is permitted to retain an interest in-terest in the manufacture of the goods so great is his faith In his discovery The process has not been patented and will not be Mr LaBelle Is the only one Who linows it and he feels safe withit In his head Jle is not going to forget It he saya and he does not believe be-lieve any one else fs going to get hold of It t ItWlbBBEGIN MANUFACTURE During this weelc Mr LaBelle has refused re-fused several offers from famous rubber rub-ber Jlrmal Tie would rather get Into tilt business himself and Is about to do it unless some unexpected hitch occurs E Fleming the master mechanic ana d an-a director of the California and Utah Oil Company of San Francisco which has extensive holdings In the oil fields of southern California now in Salt Lake arranging ith Mr LaBelle the preliminary details for the organization of a company to put LaBellelte as the new product will be called on the market mar-ket The two will leave in a day or two for San Francisco to assist in the formation of the new company whJch will probably capitalized for not less I than JIOQOO 000 The present company hasthe hydrocarbon oil and Mr La Belle ban the solvent so they can w6rk logether to advantage The compan will Immediately begin manufacturing but J will probably not offer anything r sale or a lime contenting Itself with sending its goods out as samples until l tho trade and the consumer have learned the many advantages which are claimed for the new discovery FAITH OF THE INVENTOR I have been called crazy said Mr LaBelle but I think I can stand that all rIght now I have been fought all the way through and with the excep tion of the gentlemen now associated with me I have not received any encouragement en-couragement from Utah people I guess It is the old proposition of a prophet not being without honor save In his own country it has always been so and I can afford to laugh now for T am on the verge of reaping the success I have worked for so long I have nova been In despair My wife hns Joined Gin my belief that Jwas I on the right track and she consented to my sacrificing almost al-most everything we hard in the world to carry on my experiments All kinds of charges have been made against me They have said I was using old rubber phoori In my process You can sec for yourself how much rubber I used In making that solvent tCKiay The only shoes lovcr bought were old leather I shock to try the enamel on I would he crazy Indeed if I used rubber In the process That has been done for years past by every rubber manufacturer but by 1 dolng thnt i would I have nothing new and could lot derive any profit from my invention if I had lo use rub her In It 1Lis the very fact that I dont use any rubber in getting my product that makes the discovery valuable val-uable |
