Show Wf WEALTH L TH Of RU RUBBER 8 I IN COLORADO OLOR DO PLANT T Useful Substance Can Cal be bc l From W cli Which Grows Grosss There ThereIn In la lr e Quantities REVEALED BY RAMS DEATH I I of or r lie Hie nu G Contents C Of or tue Killed the Animal Anil A 11 Led Leti 10 to Discovery A Denver let letter tar to tho thin New ow York Herald says Hay IlI A weed growing In II abundance on prairies In the higher al nl altitudes affords an excellent substitute for COr lara Pura rubber It 1 Is IA not IlOt lot possible to tn distinguish arti articles cles olos of oC various sort tt that laws hav boon outdo made from rein Colorado rubber from Ilm shill lm liar articles made from froni tho ho best be t Para lant all rubber hut But manufacturers who triM tried the tho Colorado product flail find that U it 1 does doe not hut compound so 1 readily us as n tho bA t Pant Parn Illi so M o they th fure that there Is la n it I Intrinsic lc difference r nc When this the best IMS Porn Para it lit 1 quoted at nt 1112 11 a 1 pound they Iho ore 18 re willing to pay Jl SO 10 S to 00 0 O cents a I pound for Cor Colorado rubber The Ilie first factory lo to extract Colorado rubber from the weed ell Is approaching I completion At lt na Vista Its Ill dally output will II be he le a n ton toil tol of oC gum num a 1 day dayworth 1 dayworth 1 y worth 60 produced at a it cost COAt of ot IGO 00 A single experimental machine has hM been boell grinding away In II Denver for Cor a t year 11 supplying Rum gum enough to demon struts what can be e done ilone urOr the lie plant from Crom which the tho gum gum gumIn Is In extracted Wil was ius found euro to have hae valia It wan tree regarded d aa as u a II nuisance and alit WItS was WIS contemptuously designated 11 as an 1 rabbit weed It Il Is in a it bushy biennial plant pil nt 10 H with thick stocky lo tn inches high wih roots rho Tho loaves IHn 1 are nr small nor nar narrow row and uni tho the bark and nd branches tough and 1111 fibrous A good of ot paper can eln be malo from the tops tope as on well as lS from Crom the pulp 1111 obtained from roni the roots root after ICer the gum Im has h 1 been oCen bEen extracted Th lere r sire lrA hundreds of oC miles with wih tills this wood In Colorado Utah and New Mexico It J grows grown rOW only In Ill arid turid sectIons section at nl an ni altitude of ot feet feel to tn n timber lather her lute line 11 BY ui Y HAMS IIAMS IPATi Arl I IThe The h plant Ii is the first green thing lo to lobe Il be he oaten hy Ity h sheep ehe 11 when they lire per permitted 11 mlle to get rt at nt It II I Hut the sheep Kh men found that tl their thol lieu sleep grew grei we 11 emaciated finally tiled diM after r feeding on 01 Oi rabbit weed wat It 1 never occurred to toIny any ally Iny one to ascertain why the tue weed treed pro produced duc d the thC fatal effect until Myron O 0 I Brownel of at Denver Denvor visited a friend en engaged In II thin tho sheep heep business near Huena Vista rho The friend had a it valuable ram rain ln that lint lint had boon brow browse brownt permitted to He on rabbit symptoms weed and ana R n 1 died 1101 te with wih tho the usual At A Mr Mo 11 suggestion a tt 1 post poet postmortem mortem win W WIt C haiti on lii tho tito ram ranu In 1 Th Ihl The WAI fount found to be ht filled with wih pl pel fl let of 01 a n black gum gnat which WIH Indian 1111 and 1111 alIt hAul had hl ed death Mr some Inlo of oC tho the substance o ox ex by a chemist who suld uld U It I waa wire rubber luh r Mr MI thereupon sat et about lo to dorIes some seine moans menus of ot profitably ex eC extracting the tile gum from rein the th Its plant In the he 01 mill mi Iho he tops are first cut Iut off alT tho the roots with a it circular saw 11 Then tho roots 1005 are RI ted fed Into 1110 a 1 amil amIll mIll mil 11 where they lu are ant Ir ground Into a I pulp which Is II washed holl In ha water WAtt Thin rids car carries rles ries away the woody fibre Ibro leaving bo he hind the thiO black gum RUl The gum Is l dried rolled Into sheets 1111 mint IB Is thou then thel toady ready for Cor forthe Corthe the tite rubber factory The first mill 11 at nt nU M Vista will have hl 12 grInders grinder of ot which hl h will 1 wil bo Ito h In constant line lice u o tho the rest rc t lining held In reserve so 8 that mops lopI for far repaint will not 1101 affect Ilert the lie output It 1 U Is 1 t thirSo thle hundred ha nil iOn hIll nit will wIl pro o duce 1110 a II ton tun tin of o gum a n day dl besides h se soy e of or for making macking Paper hitler which will wil be lie worth JIG n 11 a I a ton lil Thirty m inca n will wl bo ho required to op erate raIe le tho ho mill millAs 11 As 8 tho he dry dy clr weed e Is I ni on rood goad as an Al and 1111 titi as tiC the Ihl weed line has only to bi I gathered from front tho ho prairies where It wild tho the mill ran ell ra run the tho year round An All It average of lit about 10 III per pr cent l elt of or the weight or of tint tho roots h Is sn ed as drum mn Mr nays eys I tim the process R would be 1 profitable If It only 4 pet pel cent 1 was sas sasA saved A cement is III also mad front from the lie roots which has lies proved marketable at nt I S 60 a 1 gallon Six Sh lx per Pr of Ir thin the wright weight of nf 1 l ton 1011 OIl of rots rods can he lIe III In the form Cor of ot |