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INDEPENDENT ON ALL SUBJECTS, AND DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OE SOUTHERN OREGON. VOL. IL—NO. 26. ASHLAND TIDINGS. ASHLAND, OREGON: FRIDAY, DECE31BER mountains. From the point wheru the : life in camp ami on duty with those party’ first struck the snow they pene i who were in tho Ciyuse country, ac i trated into the mountains (on the cording to the experience of Thomas ISSUED EVERY ERIDAY---- line blazed by 31>‘ssrs. Applegate and I Monteith ami James Lemon, who went - B Y - Scott tin* pr» vious year for the first , up there aft« r the return of our party, O. C. APPLEG ATE A CO. party of immigrants by the southern i about the 2 1 or 31 of ?darch. OFFICE—On Main Street, (in rear Dr. route), a supposed distance of twenty- Vie had proof within a few hours Chitwood’s Drug More.) five miles toward Klamath Like. At after we conimenctd our return that if this point, the snow being about four we had left Mr. Fields or any other 11« i« -i hero stum ch :.n 1 b.- »ve, Terms of Subscription i fe« t deep and still higher ground to pass member of our party, it would have Who in uiisteu Too, * 2.50 One »x>py one year.......... AnI pate at ! >81 .»ne »tti his feet, in order to get to Klamath Lake basin, ; been to almost certain death by the Iu- 1.50 “ “ mx months.... I Ills puiiiui.s bu-e ai d low, ■ th** Captain concluded he would have I dians, for we met them tracking ns on 1 00 i *• •• three “ .... And • i»n<lsertct iu nnu hui.d'a might, 12.50 Club mtee -ix copies fur. to abandon the'attempt to proceed, as Und r.uled, i,U'liHlii)sl - the snow, aud their precipitate retreat Term», in advance. Trie br.vei' muj th it drew a sword even if the horsts could have truveled w lien they discovered us ready for In f >r.,y or in mi 1. in such a mow, there was no green them, betrayed their design. Nor is it I Terms of Advertising It cill for eumetliiui’m» re than brawn thing for them to eat but the poison at all probable that any of us would Ixac.il Notices j.er line.................................... . lllcts. < >r n u-cle ’o o'ercome 1’ruiej.s». .u a Cutis, per tr .r............................. fl" (HI laurel. Mr. Apphgate, feeling keenly have sm’ceeded in getting through to Ai. ( tiemy v h<> marc'ieth r.ot 3 (Ml a wo inches, per quiriti....".............................. • • •* 1 ’ 0 the responsibility of the success or fail i California by the route we contempla 5 With b Hi e’, p nine ol.d drum - Four t» »4 H 0 I E «nt A U e fuitVer mrkiuj h’gti, ure of the enterprise, said he felt im- • ted, ut that season of the year, at least, ' 1«> (Ml «li e-n If C< '.unte W; h s:i. nr, Me Htt.y lie d, ... H OO i '1 hree-fuurlhs “ p»-iled to tiy to go forward, and would that was the opinion of Mr. Walter i 17 50 One “ Forever i:» r your bo .rd by »lay, do so if ¡¡by one of the party would go Monteith, who, with his brother, piss I LIGAL ADVrsTlM Ml-.STS At hij'Li b t-n.e yu : 1> d. <)De square '.leu line« u.- lees 1st iu-eitlon........$2.50 with him. Ilia i call for volunteers re- ed that way to the gold mines the suc I Eacu udulnuiul Histr ión.. ................................ 1 oo suited iu ¡m even division of the party. ceeding Autumn. I’ ght, consisting ot Mr. Applegate, , T see by the repoit of Adjutant A E. Job Priiifiug, Solomon Tetliero, J lines Fields, James Wilson, the names of the company, ex •Of r-H deecrlp’ion, done on xbort no’lce. Txrgal LemoD, A. E Robinson, Walter Alon cept those of Me ssrs. L -mon ami Hl»nks, (hrcul»rs, Baidu?!»» ('>rd«. B 1 he ul.-, l.*i'er- l.e»li«, Posi-rs, etc., g »t.ei» up iu guod s yie ut iivn g frith, Thomas Monteith and the writer, Thomas 31 •nteitli, are not ou the list 1 ric«-x. volunteering to go. Tue plan to go reported to Commanding Geueral Lot c.»: forward if pos-lble being fur these Whitcom, as publish« d in last week’s Agvitls for ike Tidings. St Í1 APS Cl' OKS.GON’ lUS VOKV. eii lit lo make snow shoes, take eight i 'Lteuro. 1 presume the reason is, that !.. Simile1«*, .... Porti-nJ, Oregon. J i roti i'iio upeou, • »ItiYs’ prtivisions to each man and try to most of the company, like myself, I s i'en» J. A A 4 leg I.e, .'[r. .i ¡! i 'T' j /, i push tht-ir v.iiy through, Captain Scott thought the smallness of the account M. I. (’n >n.b«rhn ar.swet to yoiif wiiii tur mV T< c »¡i> e Dr N. L. 1^»* ui.»l the i-evcn men w ith him r >■ turning •was not worth attending to; some of Tnu'c er X WorJen r at t»» the Will .m< tie Valley «i h all the tions of the «■-»•ori ot the IL A. F Sn*-hmg, them, however, got paid, 1 believe. / a .1. P Robt-r », I by teil.liti <1 t"» L> Si ; I to A H u*ly, hors s. The io xt day after this was There w» r-* no lives lost either of or s. M. t'-i ci lì 1 X Co , Governor AL rm t i y y Use cum i ii’t d » i), tLe Captain ¡¡nd uaity i by th«* party. They »li«l not fire upon R.iWell X C •< t'B,n. ii, war of lol?-S. i Lav»* to say at the oiit- si a i l«d b.uk, ami Apple gate aud J¡ai ty ' any of the Indians they saw, but some- b»*t, I Can only :ive n y recollect oas. J ck- >p» i.t iu pr» pu’ii g snow slices i times they were as near doing so as ▼> l'lase, liow«\»-r, not w n h't (luliug the , » O’! r i parry knew Low to well e uthl b<*, not to do so. Incidents Noil <i li.»' K e. Li l’se » t «*• i - ; \ i ' t r t V \ eaf s, ure v * t \ 1 111^ lie , ami we had Rot the i of »»nr return tiip will (hoibtless fur- Yo:n- amongst pro|1( \ id J y i n it.y l i .1 r .» ! ‘I Thu In st we Could i nis'i a good theme for fireside chut, tr< till, r tie n >w*» ■-» exj-u r ■io W a d a of w 4!ow into id ar now, Ly mem! era uf the party to th'’ <; Was to life, il <on"r twenty ¡¡u’he- ■ i ising g»t eration, but. would perhaps r ol bear a i..e.-> i.’e iro'u ttie ti <v :'.ml iii‘»> the hooo so ! be out of i la.ee heie— J< tn i,, O. e- the .i 111\ js11 ii'ki ti a» : i.!11<-11* Wt Ji 1. 11'-t woi k of buckr-kill gon to ! he »'( I Ju!. ,iit »1; r of the United -<*■ « * ► ------ - By 1.iking oilir gun covers ami Ini - <1 eve' s <1 . y at tí .1. in. Mail c o (*■> al States troop-, i h, n operating in C Ji- WOKDS OF Till TH. l...r pi» ce «»i this, material <>i à:.,0 a. in. fol'liia, informing brill < f the onllneak For Ilan », Y«t •k » •« '< 1 Re i.linii at i Ii p. tn. we b. ad amongst us, we No other is so mmtemptible as the of the Indians ami the murder of Dr M «il c'o «?- a'- •> ; ) p . in. a tu t ol things, whether ' man woo goes t i bed every night, full .1 ’«P'S leave A -hla-al Wliittmin ami « th< is, iu d netting forth Garrett A re.n r Lot, ¡is u ou ! J !• ec-p io.; h every M »mia y, w thiPM lay ¡uni Frid of stininluting drinks, indulges in ha- th** povt rty of th»“ .\mt riean settlers in uioi’iiiii!'-» tor i a 1 I * R » JI.’, a 11 < I 1 e ' t ; ini on the suif »ce of the snow. tre«l of himself «'very morning until he every Tn- xlay. Thursday and >aiui «I »y. Oregon with reh*r< me to arms, ammu N< xt day we made tr al of traveling makes unto himself a promise to ‘quit,’ L’-ave LinkviiD I >r L ke City, ('-dlL'ini », nition anti other me. ids of war, i.n the wifii them. It soon b<cam«* manifest iir.d then goes out and allows himself Wednesday - ; mme «l Lake City Siim- hope that such voti.inamh r would fiml days ; le»ve Lake Citv M unlays : arrive that tiie l!g!i’.»*;-t men would g« t along ' to be persuaded, either by the cravings arrtii d with st. st.Hi mt »1 Hi id nt »liscre at Liukvillv i binxiays. carrying mail ami himself ar best, ami it was proven, on the first . of his own appetite or the invitations passei.gi-rs. tionary pow» r ami means as won 11 as day. that the heuviest (Mr. Fl« Id-) i of boon companions, to be ii 1 >d n;> A. D. HELMAN, P. M. sist them to cor »pier a peare atnl pun- i would b«> u‘telly unable to proceed. B;it ev»>n he is readv with his Ashland Lod^e No. 189, I. 0. Cr. T. ish the rnuHieri rs. Ti»e party consist E fly on the fir.-t «li»v, Mr. Fields be l I again. excuse to his consci-uce. He met an Meets at the Hall of He man & Fountain every ed of s x’et i. i d ti. ir.eluding the bear- gan to to break or stretch the oi I frit-nd, w ho told him lie must taper, Friday evening at S u'clu.k p. m . Btotiiere anti er of th** d -p.it» lies, th«* U m. Jesse thongs of his snow shoes and getting } ami sociability also required it, or the sisters in K'Hxl slaiiding ate corihily iivi'.ci to :it- Applegate. Ui|t L- vj Scott comma!.»1- ,tetxi. T e Temp's meets every I'.rsl ani tt.iid Wt.f- th< in turned edgewise, so that he would colic struck lniu, or perhaps it was a Two of his sous, ed toe compiny. uesda v ni e .eli nv.nt'i. sink down in the soft snow. This, wet day ami he feared a chill, or a very ELLA ANDERSON, W. C. T. John ami V\ nli .m Scott. Walter ami while the snow was not more than four hot day i«ml he wa< in d ing r of a sun F. W alter M ykh Sec’y. Thomas ?.! n tci h. A. E. llobinsoti, feet deep, was not the occasion of much i stroke. These ¡ire the « xc’jc4*she makes William Gilliam, Jo.-eph A\ aldo. James ß Ashland < xtra fatigue, only it delayed the whole ' to Lis wife ami family as well as to his (’ampbi'll. J lines Fields, Jam» s L**mon /V\ A. F. & A. jl.. putty bv stojipiug until he could rt fix I conscience. He does not plead appe John Di -e S' loi'.< it T'«*th''ro, (borge them. Jolt as we udvane.« d the snow tite, for be will nut concede that he is Hohl» thrir »’.»teil fonin ui.iûiiioi s T liur-.t >) ev.n llibbler ai mys< If m ide up the party. de; pciieii ami the libor became t xces ! under such slave.*y. l»at Iris family, iog*»>ii or Ix-fore ¡lie full muon. IVe'Ereii in guo.l The plan was to p iss to Cdifornia via sive, ami before ni_ht the party were i even while ucc»ptiLg these frivolous •UI m I iuk ure «.untili v invued le :i t«ii I. Kiamuth L»l:e no 1 Ft il.v» r coimtiy, II. C. HU T., W. M. pus-i! g over snow about six fe«-t deep, j excuses from• tl eir loved one, insist passi.ig the Slt-ira Nevada range by the C. B. W atson , Sec’y. ou th»* level, aud in places where drifts I that lie can only bo reformed by pro- valley < f the latter or some other con much deeper. When Mr 1 hibitmg the manufacture at.d sale of Ashland I.cd^c Xo. fluent of the Sacrament«». Little was went down in such places there then known of the country we intended was no other wav but for s»>me of the spirits. What! aud let the poor man I, 1. v. O. x». O. ■ F »lie uf colic, or sunstroke, or the chills, Hold their regular meeting every Sitnrday even to traverse, but it was believtd that it re t to tak« his gun and pack, and gen »•r prove di-<*ourteou.s or^impolite to i ing nt lheir hall in A»hhni. Brothers iu good we found th«* country as bare of snow eiid > two others would throw liitu ou ata tiding arecndi.il) invite 1 toat’enl. as the mildness of th«* season in the his beurn end. as sailors would say, and ohl iriends? Tue very remedy insisted J. I). FWN1AIN, N. G. Willamette Valley gave reason to ex- fetching him outol his hole sidewise,set upon shows that they have no t ilth in I. O. M iller , Rec. S»c y. pect, we could make the trip either by him tip and rt tix Lis snow shoes. This his truthfulness; that they see his hy Rebekih meetings on Tueelay evening, teare*t the way iudicatvil or by striking and become so tiresome as to make Mr. pocrisy, unl that they know that tie he full of the rnuou enca mon h. following the route pursued by Col Fields sick before night, aud utter has sunk his manhood in his passion 1--------------------------------------------------- ■ for drink. The only practical remedy Fremont a few years previous. J. A. APPLEGATE. striking camp, the first question that I tor this state of affairs seems to be iu The party rendezvoused on the south presented itself to the party Was wheth I the impressing upon the mind of a bank of the 1.1 Creole, about opposite er we should leave mui LeuinJ us the \ man a de«*p sense of his indtvdual re i the present town of Dixie, in Polk next morning and push on, or (taking SALEM OREGON sponsibility to his lumily, society and county, and then»'«* started about the the unexpected depth of the snow i his Mukt r for his acts. This is pre- DU. J. 11, UHiTWuoD, 28:h of January, 1848. Each man fur where we were as good evidence that I » mintntly the work of a woman. Upon O re », on . A shland , nished his own saddte and pack horse, the Klamath Lake basin was also under her as teaulmr ol the first scholastic OfElCE Atibe Addami Drug Store. gun and blankets. Ammunition, flour suow, which being the case would reu- lessons devolves the responsibiltp of and bacon was furnished by tue set der the accomplishment of our i the boy’s conduct toward his fellows, J. R. NEIL, tlers, under some arrangement that 1 journey, with our then meaus, | aud the color of Ins first impressions ^TfOBNEY AT-LAWJ never fully understood, only that the utterly impossible,) turn back and in regard to his individual respousiuil- Aorth or cost of these latter articles make for the Willamette ugaiu. Alter lty iur bis own ac.s.— / / irnm, Ituksoiiville. Oregon. should ultimately be paid by the Gov extracting all the information we could i erument. The party were without from Mr. Applegate us to tLe lay ot tLe OREGON PKODLCTS. DR. J. S. JACKSON. tents or shelter of any kind, ami the country betweeu Uk uLd Klamatu Lake, I’ersous vis.ting our city who desire bedding of ca»*h individual l.tul to be v.e Concluded that in ull probability PHYSICIAN and SURGEON i used under a doubling up process iu me cuuutiy uruund it was uudtr at j to tee one uf tLe lnugmtmeLt exhibits JACKSONVILLE OREGON. order to secure comfort. From the least two leet of show. A vote was ot the products uf tbut wumlerlul State Graduate of the lkiavue Hôpital M» die:’1 New York. |V2uFJ f time of departure the party had plenty taken on the piopusitiun to leave Mr. 1 Oregon, which might appropriately be uf wet to vbcotinter, both overheat! and 1 ¡t his and go fur ward or ull stick to named tLe Garden of the Pacific ¡¿lope, J. W. HAMAKAR. under foot, bridges and ferries being gether uud go back, uud it was carried should visit the ollice uf the Statu little known then in the country they in lavor ui return 7 to 1. This con Board (>f Immigration located upon NOTARY PUBLIC. traversed, l'rom the South Umpqua cluded ou, tho determination was taken Battery street, opposite the Poet ollice. I LINKVII.LE LAKE C<>., OREGON. southward, they had nothing but bos to overtake our comrades if we could, \\ e ourselves were quite astonished at Office in lfo.st O/fict lìuiiiliicj. < tility to t xpect from the Iudians, as up l’he mxt moruiug we started with that j the display ma»le there, and as the ar- attention ijircn to conre>iton-intj. 12 l'Jtf. I to that time a weak party was almost object in view, and lu four days’ and tides are tastily arranged and carefully II. KELLEY, sure to be attacked in passing through •>iL>l.r< sights’ forced marching we came up i labletl it is certainly one of the most Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, the Rogue River Valley. They made with them and our horse3 near the interesting and instructive sights fair progress until reaching a poiut iu present site of Canyonville, ou the which it has been cur fortune to be- J acksonville . O regon . that valley above the place where the South Umpqua. Tiaes? four days were hohl during the last twelve months. old California trail came into it; theuco^he roughest iu ull my experience of \V e noticed a number of large sheaves Will prac'ice in all the C lurts «>T tbe St it<*. Protn. at en ion given to ¡dlbaemefa intrusted tu my rare. beating eastward rather than south frontier life, and the whole trip was a of wheat from seven to niuo feet in Orricx - To the buildVg formerly cccnpfed ty Kaller K WatseD, L jut : Hcasc. 1 they soon struck the ¡¡now line of the I hard one, compared with the ordinary height, the berries being plump and Attoniti! and tfounsclor-at-l'aiv I -1— True Heroism. « • $2.50 PER ANNUM. fair—as indeed is all the grain pro duced iu the Webfoot Stite. Theie are also some very fine specimens of mini nil productions of Oregon—«xcel- lent coat from (Dos B-.y and the inte terior counties and iron of very good q la'itv taken from the Prosser mine in C ackamus county, besides a sped men of mica shell with garnets. The gold and silver mines »if Oregon yield an annual revenue of blit thero are no specimens ot the precious metal on exhibition. Oregon is a well wooded country and th«' exhibit (d polished woods—suita ble for « ruameutal work and wrought into beautiful colors and figures, is particularly fine. Tim samples are principally of Maple, Ash, 3D rile and Cedar. Ship knees of immense sizj, constructed from Oregon pine and strongly resembling huge bools, are also c n «xliibitiou. When these were ¡it th«* Mechanics’ Institute Fair, iu the Oregon exhibit, a young gentleman from the ‘ land oi steady habits” pomp ously inquiied what they were. He was courteously informed by some Bo hemian that th« v were ‘’lasts uj on which boots were made for the webfeet of a State up the coipt.” The display of Oregon fi.<x ami twine is worthy of mention. In regard to this product the report of the (‘ n- tennial Commissioner says: “Very fine quality, txliaordinary length, good in strergth, goo«l color, superior gloss aud silky softness;” and for the oil manufactured at Salem, On'gon, from f! ix seed, pr< nounc« »1 “of superior quality, fine color, being clear, fine autl free ireni sedimeut, uf excellent body and high merit.” Th«1 samph's of Oregon wool are of fine fibre ami goo 1 staple and were awarded medals and diplomas ut the Cut« i.niitl Exhibition. Oregon isom-of the fiuest countries in the world fur sheep. There are many other exceeding ly inter» sting articles on «-xhiiiition at the room of th«* State Board of Immigra tion. The strung» r is always court eously treated by the comniissio»:ers, M errs. Tiippan ami Shepherd. Both of these gentlemen are laboring assid uously for the good of Oregon and de i serve th«) gratitude of the citizens ! of the favored State. We wish that [ California had c few euergitie men ' with tLe ability of these gentlemen to direct our immigrants to tho broatl j ami unoccnpiid lands of our own fair State. — ILit! s ljin<f J rurnal. STATE NEWS. I Cun D iims I from State Exchange»] The G' / d V- says tbut while the popu- lation of Union Co, does not exceed 6,000, the agricultural resources of the county are sufficient to support 250,000 people. Ji sse Imbler one of the commission ers of Union Co., threshed this year 47,400 bn-hels of grain with a Pitt Ma chine in 42’ j days. 1 he 1’/niihi iit, r says that Drain ie becoming one of the most thriving lit tle towns iu the Umpqua. Stiles and Higby accused of, perjury in the Grover investigation, are under going trial at Portland. At Independence recently the Will amette raised four feet in six hours. The Jacksonville Tint'.s says the fam** ily of J. M. Cook of Rock Point, num bers 65 and comprises children, grand- cliildren, arid great grand-children, Of these with the exception of two or three a’l now residing in Jaokson Co. Ibe /.’■/• advocates tha erection of a woolen mill at Albany. '2 here are 1 (185 Iudians on the Silet^ Reservation. 31iny improvements are being made. The YinihiKers are getting excited over the prospeets of a railroad. Am ity has subscribed $30,000. In Grant Co. the hills are green and tho grazing nearly as good as in June. TLe 7.' (? says Stth R. Hammer, the “boss” survey er, has gone to Stay-» ton to survey ami lay out a town site, An Amity bachelor had been married six months before his friends found it out. He was an $80,000 bird. Old Capital Lodge No 11 I. O, O. F. in Salem has swurmed. lire new lodge is called Dashaway. Gen. M. V. Brown of the Albany D'mot-rut is again very ill. 9 -------- HOW TO GET TWO ROADS. It is well known that for several years the Central Pacific railroad com pany has been holding out indirect of fers of a railroad for Oregon. Thera have been no definite proposals, and the talk has been of au equivocal and evasive 6ort; nevertheless it is obvious that this company is looking toward Oregon with a view to bringing our state ultimately within a scheme that embraces the entir»i railway system of the Pacific coast. That so great a com-, ♦ -»► ♦ —— MINING INDtSiKY. puny should aim at a system so vast and comprehensive is quite natural. Its From the signs of the times it is prodigious and rapidly accumulating quite iippui’.-nt that the qnartz mines resources r«*nder this aim a rational ol Oregon will be brought to the front, i ou«*. The plan is vast, but is within th$ ami that the gold ami silver products j ; compa-s of achievement. At present tha wilier« ate a reputation for the State eui rgies of the compauies are directed ns the wheat, wool uud salmon products towaril the south, in order to head off have already »lorn*. 31 my of our lead i a rival ent<*rpriso that is pushing in ing citizens arc now’ intt resting them that quarter. That, it may bi sure of selves m the dwtlopmeut «>f mines. affecting this it is urging the constrQct- 1'iie capitol and labor txpended the • iou of the Southern Pacific with all last jear ou tho silver mines of Grant possible rapidity. For the present its county have established their richness i intentions in regard to Oregon may bo an»! extent bejond a question of doubt suspended; for if it can hold back every and stimulated public attention to that other road from the North wost, it can extent that before another year a busy i come here in its own good time and mining camp, with mills, machinery , occupy the field. Hence whatever in aud tiie appliances lor the reduction of fluence the Central Pacific may !>a ores, w ill be at work, aud the gold und able to command iu or out of Cangresa silv.-r bars will be regularly received will be directed against the Northern at Portland. 3Iuch has been said and ■ I’acifi”, or any other project whatever- written iu regard to the evils of stock to secure for the Northwest an inde speculations, aud, doubtless, with pendent road. But if the appropria good reason; yet there is a wide dis tion for tLe Northern Pacific were re cimiuation lietween the investment of newed on such terms as would affor i money in developing the wealth of a i assurance of completion of this roa»1, mine or simply speculating upon the then the Central Pacific woul I speed- manipulation of miuitig stocks. The , ily begin to look in earnest toward Or investment of means for the opening egon as a field fur actual operations. It of a mine which prospects well is more ' could no longer afl’ird delay. In ordeF- of the character of investing in real to obtain the hold it denires for the fu- estate iu a growing city. | tureit would feel oblige»! to push a Tue exB*nt of mining enterprises, as , road into Oregon at tho erlieat time prosecuted iu Nev u'.a, can be judged ; possibl*. S jme are tai king about two from the following result-», as furnish roads into Oregon. H-re is the way ed by the St itisfi ¡■',t f» r Noveiab» r: *u mute a certaiutv Of getting them. Total assessments and expeus»*s of Push the Northern P«eifii, an»! this quartz mines since the commencement will bring the (Central Pacific into our of siiter mining, i.;G0 753 603; total div- State.— (h j'oii tn. i lr-mls from cxpemliDin s, $111239,- B ig I'oraTQL-s —31c. Gilbert with 19”; showing that the mines have pro dneed nearly two »lollais for every one i M -s.>rs. Breymaa Bros., exhibited in that La» been expend* d. These figures ■ our »nice yesterday a potato of the entirely refute the proposition that peer.ess variety that weighed seven qnartz mining is a failure, or that the pounds aud seven ounces. It had business is anv more precarious than mate in the hill with it that weighed any other. Wh’le it is a tact that not i five and a l alf ponudH. These pubraa live per cent, of all who engage in were raised on t jH turrn of Mr. B.ooka mercantile pursuits a-n* snccc-sful. it ! in tne Waldo Hijls. The soil is the does not dr-ter people from engaging ; common n «1 dirt of that suction. Next, in zi.