Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1911 — Ice Cheap in Persia. [ARTICLE]

Ice Cheap in Persia.

The fact that ice is plentiful and cheap makes living in Persia more pleasant than it would otherwise be, and the fact that ft can be Obtained at all is indicative of the ingenuity of the people of the country. The ground is so porous that water percolates through quickly. There are therefore few rivers or lakes from which ice can be obtained, and ft is seldom so cold tn any part of Persia that Ice of a thickness suitable for packing would fonp under the direct rays of the sun. The Persian obtains his ice by making a shallow pool and building a high wall which win protect it from the sun. A thin layer of ice win form; this he floods at night with water, and so he goes on adding inch to inch until he can cut a block of considerable thickness. * '