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Show TIRE MADE FROM WHALE SKIN First Soaked In Tanning Mixture Un. til Perfectly Soft and Then Plunged Into Mold. At tho automobile show In Seattle, IVatih., a tire was exhibited inude from (lie hide of a I'liclllc coast whale. The "hale skin, thick and nihliery, uus Minktxl In the tanning mixture until perfectly soft and then plungisl Into the mold. At the tannery It was Huld that such tires can be iiuimifMcturcd si one-fourth the cost of those of rubber. Hides from shark, wolf ttsh anil whales can be used. |