Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-06-19
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the sale Of drinking waters, alleged
70 be from this spring or that, and
al backed BY analyses that show
how much Of this or that medicinal
quality they possess. In many IN
stances this water is from q good
spring. In many more it comes out
Of hydrant and is bottled IN bottles
that have been used over and over
again, and perhaps not so much as
rewashed. s.
It some one or some thousand
OF persons, in the water business,
cou[d get the truth to be known as to
the value Of water from natural ice,
and could get an honest and effec-
five commercial way Of handling it.,
they could not only get fortunes but
would be doing humanity world
Of good. Z
Ignorance has created prejudice
against water Of ice and ice water.
Another distinguished and accom-
plished scientist has said:
I'm truth, Nature has safeguarded
the production Of natural ice in q
remarkable degree. As the tempera-
ture falls in the quiet winter nights,
and the sheet Of crystal creeps
downward, selective forces draw to-
gether and fuse into mass one
substance, water, and push aside
The impurities, the organic matter,
the: salts, bacteria, into the black
depths below" .. ..@.. z*
What will not time snbdue9" the
old song asks. 1t does subdue bac-
terra, for in ice, or water, or any
substance in which there is little to
feed on, the bacteria which are
used to the rich foods Of the human
body gradually perish. Every week
that the ice cake floats on the pond,
house, it is growing purer.
The sanitary safety Of natural
ice is due mainly to these two fac
tors, freezing and storage, which eff
fects freely and automatically pur-
ifcation equivalent to that produced
by water publication plants, only af-
ter a considerable expenditure of
money and under careful and con-
slant supervision. :
This is very eloquent, yet simple
and forcibQe way Of telling how ma.
ture purifes water by frost; how she
squeezes out the impurities of water
by crystalization. -,
Distilled, or boiled water, is not 50
good as q solvent, nor for a beverage
as water that has been purified by
freezing, for many reasons. First
because the, boiling water kills it
50 to speak taking away certain
elements that are needfnl to human
economy. Water that has been pur.
flied or sterilized, by the freezing
process loses only the purities that
should be eliminated. The congeala-
ton Of water softens it and YET
does not take away all its minera;
matter but lowers that characters.
tic to the degree desirable. Scien.
tifc and practical physicians are un.
animous in the assertion that hare
water is dangerous to. digestion, and
moreover, it assists in hardening
the arteries and thus bringing on ole
age, or senility.
| The presence Of salts in solution
in water, from which ice is harvested
-or in any other fresh water, as tt
that-impede the process Of freezing
(which is very beautiful and interest
ing, but when the congealation al
last takes place at a temperature be-
low 80 degrees, the greater portion
Of the foreign matter is excluded
from the ice, which consequently
is nearer the composition Of pure
water. -. -,
Another interesting fact concern.
/ ing water of ice for drinking pur.
poses, and its use as a solvent BY
chemists and pharmacists, is that i
can be supplied at a cost Of from
three to many times less than the al.
legged spring waters delivered II
bottles. The difficulty Of delivering
water in an uncontaminated condi.
tion is very much greater than thai
Of ice. IF stored natural ice, FREE
from any adhering particles, is mel
ted and the resulting water placed II
sterilized container, the produc
will be on par to the water as j
comes from the spring, and thereb!
| eliminates the chances Of infection
! which spring water is always sub
/ ject to by its method Of delivery.
| It is an important thing for ever!
one to learn that seventy nine an
fve-tenths percent Of the blood i
water and that seventy percent o
the entire human body is water
Knowing this one begins to realiz
1, the Importance Of pure water in thi
! wonderful structure; that is. tn
4 greater part Of life itself. It give
form to the human frame and j
/ maintains the integrity Of the tissues
q Moreover it acts as q solvent for tn
mineral matters Of the body and a.
q together it is an indispensable fui
Of our existence. $3.50. ...5.s
All this being true IS it not th