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Show ; DISCOVERY OF RUBBER Produciug Root in Utah Promise to Lead to a Great Industry. Much attontion was attracted to V. M. Sunderland's exhibit of a rubber-produdng rubber-produdng root and its products, made lu one of the 25 O. M. I show windows. The possibilities ot the plant was largely dlscusstd. The promoter and Jla-covorur, Jla-covorur, who is a Lehl man, U very enthusiastic en-thusiastic over his find and ho fools that the manufacture of the root into rubber gum and ItH libera into textilo ot various kinds will become h great industry, "Indian root" Is the naino by which It is comu.only known. It grows in great profusion ou the mountains and I may bo cultivated. It contains 8) to 1 12 per cent puio-rubber gum, which 1 found to bo as rich a quality as that pio-1 pio-1 duccd from the rubber tree of the H tropica, I Tku root la very fibrous and when I treated by the procesi which tlio dls- cqvow'Is having patented it closely re- eembles hemp. It is finer, however, I ! |