Show I HO L O H HT HAS i T R Plant Which Bears the Name of or Grows In Gem State IT MAY PROVE A COLD COLO MINE Contains io o 0 Per Cent of Pure Rubber Kubber And Mid Can Be Bc Obtained In Large Quantities What most people would call an or ordinary ordinary looking weed which had hall apparently a par been uprooted while In blossom caused hundreds of ot people to pause POUSO yesterday In front of ot M Zt 3 J Marks show window at West Main street where the shriveled roots and petals were suspended by a Q cord cort It required positive p proof to convince the curious that flint the weed contained In Its dried up state nearly 25 per PCT cent of ot the finest quality of 0 rubber The Th exhibit was coo that of ot a II Colorado rubber rubb r plant known to botanical set sal science ence enco Leo Hit tho the onla the wonderful properties of ot which have hao only recently been discovered It ft grows crows abundantly In itt a I wild state over oer the tho arid regions glons r of ot Colorado nt at alti altitudes altitudes tudes of ot about feet apparently re requiring quiring quirInI no Irrigation and has hns hitherto Wen been considered a rest pest Accident led to the discovery of ot Its rich qualities not long ago IlO go and now It 11 threatens to sup supplant supplant plant tile the sugar SUlar beet as ns an nn Investment J JI W V Hoover of ot hobo has been In correspondence with William M Inser Inger toll sell of 0 Denver Dener who furnishes como come very vcr interesting Information respect respectIng respecting Ing ng the plant In a it recent letter Mr Mv Ingersoll said saidA A ton bit of at rubber r plant roots will produce pounds of ot rubber worth Of Ot course courso It Is ts all nil In tho the experimental ex experimental perl mental stage at nt this time It Is not yet ct known whether the plant will stand cultivation although nit hough It Is U hard to kill out In Its natural n state Nor Is It known yet et what Is the tho best means of ot handling tho the plant 1 lant or putting It in marketable shape but the tho profit Is so eo i largo large that nil these heso things will wil bo be b die dis discovered covered In time I think I have hlo seen soen the plant up there In Itt II Idaho It Il Is like greasewood in form torm but short like Ilka Iko the tho small smal sage rage ge along tho fences Several persons person who examined tho the plant In III Mr Ir Marks window declare they tho have seen It i growing profusely on the tho mountain sIdes glues I of Idaho Should this prove to ba lo truo trUe and the tho plant found to be b susceptible of ot cultivation and growth American rub rubber rb rubber ber would eon drive dho the South Routh Amen Ameri American tte can product from tram tho the market marke and tho the western states where the plant flour nour flourishes nourI I hs would find themselves the In posses elon slon of ot a t mighty Industry Denver Dener capitalists have havo hlo already con n a I machine which chows chews tho the rooth of tho Ih plant and extracts the pure rubber A piece of or the tho root rot as os largo large lar o ons as ns a n lime lima bean will w when chewed hewed In itt II tho tIle mouth like hike a piece of gum produce a 0 lump of ot rubber as a large as a n pea peaL L 14 f n 13 professor of ot horticulture turo ture of ot the tho University of ot Idaho lias obtained a n sample of ot the tue plant and ami will wi endeavor to find out It If It I grows rows In Idaho Others love have announced their intention of ot seeking the wonderful weed wed and feel eel te l certain they can cnn find It II ItIn itIn In this Statesman |