News Advocate | 1923-07-12 | Page 6 | Irrigation Scheme is Big

irrigation SCHEME IS BIG 8 bt t if carried out it will restore fertility to the great plain of jordan the dead sea will soon come to life and the land which la time flowed with mith milk and honey la Is to come into its it an own again according to albert worth outlining a scheme for the irrigation of the plain of jordan be between the lake of and the dead sea to the of the victoria in london wide area areas he aid said were with fertile goll toll suitable for cultivation and irritation irrigation w as only needed in thoe those tile dl tracts the irrigation scheme pro poked was wa to build canals on hot both lder slides of the river jordan and parallel with it throughout heir their length th agals would be furnia lied with sul suitable table outlet lets tor for the distribution of water over the plains loping sloping toward the jordan AJ As a source of energy there Is planned a hydroelectric hydro electric plant on the western shore of the deas dead a which would receive its a from the Ife mediterranean through A tunnel under jerusalem the st etherie herie added the lecturer was tar far from new it was probably 2000 to yesra old but ite its realization bad had neither batu demanded dea nor had it been feasible until now