Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 7 | Jordan's Water for America

JORDAN'S WATER FOR AMERICA. -First Consignment Has Been Made for Baptismal Use In Churches. Paris. Water from tho rlvor Jordan Jor-dan Is soon to bo sent to New York for distribution throughout tho country, coun-try, an expedition to tho Holy Land for the purposo ot barreling large quantities of It having been success fully finished. Tho first consignment, consisting of SO casks, has already left Jaffa, and as soon as this reaches port in Europe it will bo rcshlpped to America. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to Insure absolute purity and cleanllnoss by boiling the water beforo It was put In the casks on tho yery spot "where Bt. John baptized Christ. Great dlfllcultles wore encountered In getting the water by Col. Clifford Nadaud, who headed the expedition, as thero were no casks to be had In Palestine, ho that he had to have them made In Asia Minor. Then he had to make his own wagons and devise de-vise IiIb own methods of purification in the midst ot the wilderness. Tho water will be drunk as well as used for baptismal puriKos, and If American churches support tho enterprise, enter-prise, otlior consignments will be mado.