Pokegama Water.

—The water from Pokegama Spring at Detroit, Minn. is used widely through the Northwest as a table water. It is considered to be a very excellent drinking water because of the low amount of solids and the absence of any deleterious constituents. The complete chemical analysis as reported by the North Dakota Pure Food Laboratory is as follows:

 Grains per gallon
Sodium chloride 0.0200
Sodium sulphate 0.0357
Sodium carbonate 3.9288
Calcium carbonate 11.3997
Lime carbonate 0.0016
Magnesium carbonate 3.8896
Sodium phosphate trace
Potassium sulphate 0.4435
Silica 0.4416
Organic matter 0.1006
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Total 20.2611

The total solids, 20.2611 grains per gallon, equivalent to 346.85 parts per million, is very low and composed of carbonates of sodium, calcium and magnesium, none of which are in any way harmful even in much larger quantities. The amount of organic matter is practically nothing.