Myron Jennings was out from Medford a couple of days last week.
    Mrs. S. F. Morine left for Merlin last week to visit her mother, who is quite ill.
    Both Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dickison have been having a siege with the grippe this week but are now on the mend.
    At a special board meeting, held last week for the purpose of electing a teacher and transacting other business, nothing was done, as sickness prevented a full board being present.
    Mr. and Mrs. Davis have received a letter from their daughter, saying that she arrived at Tacoma safely and thought she would like the place very well. She took up her work at the court house February 1st.
    Mr. Ireland and family moved from Phoenix last week and are now located on the Hendrickson place near the New Hope Church, above Antioch. They had a hard trip moving over the bad roads.
    Mr. Shoults was out from Medford for a couple of days this week. He seems to like this neck of the woods pretty well, and we should not be much surprised if he would conclude to become one [of] the Table Rockers before the grass gets very high.
    Contractor Perham's work is nearing completion. Last week he paid off the bridge crew with the exception of A. L. Vincent, who with himself will finish up the last of the work on the bridge, which will take only a day or two. The painting will not be done until spring.
    Jas. Grieve bid us farewell last week. Tiring of farm life, he engaged himself with W. J. Freeman, of Central Point, and from now on will work with hardware and farm implements. Jim was with us just a year, and we have every reason to believe that he will make a success of his new venture--we earnestly hope so.
    Ex-Assessor John Grieve spent a night with your correspondent and family last week while on his way to visit his son, Will, at Prospect. Mr. G. spent part of last summer at Paisley, Eastern Oregon, and was so well pleased with the country that he thinks of going back there this summer. He predicts a great future for that section.
    Miss Netta Moore, of Sams Valley, who has been staying with Mrs. Dickison this winter, went down to see her folks a week ago Sunday and finding them all down with the grippe concluded it was best to remain at home until they were well again. There has been more of this dread disease this winter than for years, but so far no serious cases have been reported in our end of the valley.
Medford Mail, February 8, 1901, page 3


    S. F. Morine and daughter went to town Monday.
    Miss Belle Maness, of Central Point, is now making her home at the Pendleton farm.
    Verne Pendleton left Tuesday to visit his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Gunn, near Medford.
    S. M. Nealon is putting up a neat new fence in front of his farm. There will be several others make new fences this spring.
    We are informed that there is soon to be a post office at the junction of the Eagle Point and Table Rock road, near the Montgomery place.
    Chas. Dickison and father went to town Tuesday. Chas. went for fruit trees to replace some that died in his new orchard. As he was remarkably fortunate in his last year's set, he will only have to get a few.
    The hard rains of Thursday and Friday put Rogue River on the warpath, and Saturday night it recorded its highest notch since '94. On this side of Bybee bridge it would swim a horse. Considerable damage was done to some of the fences on the bottom, but the loss to any one man is not enough to be serious.
Medford Mail, February 22, 1901, page 3


    Garl T. Jones was among us last week doing some surveying for Chas. and Wm. R. Dickison.
    Miss Badger came over Monday with Mr. Hughes and commenced the spring term of school Tuesday.
    Wm. Shoults, of Medford, has decided to make Table Rock his home for the summer, and will move his family here next week.
    Talbert Sanford, of Ashland, was the guest of Verne Pendleton last week and enjoyed a few days shooting and sight seeing.
    The young friends of Geo. Nichols gathered at the residence of his parents on the evening of the 23rd and gave him a very pleasant surprise.
Medford Mail, March 8, 1901, page 3


    Farmers are happy to be able to finish up the spring work.
    Mrs. S. F. Morine returned from Merlin Sunday, after a visit of several weeks with her mother.
    Miss Iva Purdin, of Medford, has been engaged to teach the Sams Valley school. The district, as well as the teacher, are to be congratulated.
    The Table Rock Irrigating Ditch Company will soon begin work of cleaning and repairing. Some flumes will have to be built and the bulkhead overhauled.
    A good bit of talk is going the rounds about oil and coal--but as yet no regular work has been done--still some of our friends have a million-dollar smile on their faces.
Medford Mail, March 22, 1901, page 3


    Chas. Dickison and family spent Saturday and Sunday with Medford friends.
    Orlie Field and family left for Applegate last week, where Mr. F. goes to engage in mining.
    J. M. Whipple spent a couple of days here last week in preparing his work as Deputy Assessor.
    S. F. Morine and daughter visited Medford Saturday. Miss M. will remain with friends there for a week.
    J. W. Merritt spent a day with us last week looking over his interests in this section, and to attend the ditch meeting.
    Will Shoults and family have become members of Table Rock district, and may decide to make this their permanent home.
    Sadie Heffner left for California last week to join her mother. She has made her home with the family of E. H. Davis for a year or more.
    The Table Rock Ditch Company was organized last week. A board of directors, president, secretary and treasurer were elected, also Frank Adams as superintendent.
    Mrs. Jennings and daughter drove out from Medford Saturday to visit friends and at the same time be present at a meeting of the board of directors of the irrigating ditch company.
    Miss Dollie Badger has most royally succeeded in keeping up a lively interest among her pupils. The attendance has averaged twenty-four, which is something new for this small neighborhood.
Medford Mail, March 29, 1901, page 3


    Some of the knights of the rod and reel say that fishing is good at present.
    Chas. and Albert Morine left for Elk Creek, Tuesday on a prospecting tour.
    Dept. Assessor Whipple is reported down with the mumps, at Woodville.
    John Vincent left for Klamathon Monday, to investigate a lumber hauling contract.
    Chas. Dickison began fencing his outside land Tuesday. This will give him an abundance of pasture.
    The late frost seems to have killed much of the fruit but we still predict a good crop on most varieties.
    Mrs. B. Vincent made a visit to Medford Sunday and brought her niece back with her for a visit at Table Rock.
    The work on the water ditch is completed except repairing a few of the boxes. The supply of water will be abundant this year.
    F. M. Stewart, the real estate man, of Medford, had one of his customers out here to look over some properties, Tuesday.
    We have heard from many sheep owners of the uncommon number of twin lambs this spring, but J. W. Merritt is the only one that has reported triplets and all doing well. One of his ewes has three nice lambs and very kindly mothers all of them. This is a very uncommon occurrence.
Medford Mail, April 26, 1901, page 3


    Born--May 3, 1901, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams, a son.
    W. R. Dickison, and his granddaughter, Miss Gracie, left Monday morning for a trip to the fish hatchery, on Rogue River.
    Several in this neighborhood are talking of taking the trip to Ashland next Tuesday for the chance of seeing President McKinley.
    Mrs. S. F. Morine and Miss Meta went to Medford Sunday, the former to remain a few days visiting friends and having dentistry done.
    Deputy Assessor Whipple is at work again and Deputy Morine left this week for the upper Rogue River country to interview the farmers and stockmen.
    A. Dickison has been making considerable improvement about his place in the form of new fencing, the string on the side of the rock makes a brave showing.
    Sunday seemed to be the day for excursions to various parts of the country; several parties took the climb to the top of Table Rock and enjoyed the fine view therefrom.
    J. C. Pendleton made a flying trip home from Ashland, the last of the week, where he is taking up the work interrupted by his late sickness, and reports everything moving smoothly.
    W. T. York, of Medford, has been seen in these parts quite frequently of late accompanied by strangers. Looks as if outsiders were getting interested in this part of the valley.
    Hon. J. W. Merritt is perfecting the preparations to shear his band of sheep by machinery. The work will be commenced in a few days at the Curry place, and will attract considerable attention as it will be quite a novelty.
    Deputy C. C. Taylor spent Saturday with Assessor Pendleton checking up a large and very satisfactory amount of work. Mr. Taylor will now devote a few weeks to work at home, trying to make a tangible raise in the valuation of his own farm.
    Marion Nealon and his sister came over from Willow Springs Sunday, where Miss May has been for a week or more during the illness of her uncle, T. C. Law; she reports him much better, but still not able to be around. Marion returned the same evening.
Medford Mail, May 17, 1901, page 3


    Misses Prue and Katie Angle came out from Medford Saturday night to spend Sunday with Table Rock friends.
    C. A. Dickison made a trip to the different towns in the valley the last of the week, everywhere were they hoping it would rain.
    W. J. Nichols and family moved out from Central Point to the Curry place to camp during sheep shearing. Mr. Merritt has spent most of his time there for a week and expects to get all the machines started Tuesday.
    In spite of the threatening weather several parties from different parts of the valley picnicked on Table Rock Sunday. More and more every year is this spot sought by beauty-loving people. In the morning Capt. Nash and family drove out from Medford and in the afternoon joined the Pendleton family and other guests in a trip to some rocky heights. 'Twas a merry crowd and the captain was not the only one who felt repaid for the exertion by the lovely view spread out before them; it was an ideal day for such a trip and the floating clouds only enhanced the beauty of the scene. At the very last Mr. Pitt threw off his mantle of gray and shone forth in all his majesty and beauty not dimmed by any rival near his throne.
Medford Mail, May 24, 1901, page 3


    The hum of the mowing machine and the click of the rake are abroad in the land, and some very fine hay is being put up.
    Taylor, the leather renovator man, from Medford, was in our neighborhood last week and received a number of orders for work in his line.
    People from here attended the different Memorial Day exercises in the valley and all are reported as being good, and the decorations every year growing more universal and the flowers more choice and abundant.
    Richard Jennings was out from Medford Monday, accompanied by his mother and sister. They were almost loaded down with bouquets of choice roses for their friends--a very fragrant proof that the Rogue Valley is truly a parent [sic] flower garden.
    Many people will notice and appreciate the recent improvements in the road between the Bybee bridge and the Dickison corner. Substantial culverts and fills will make summer travel more pleasant and greatly reduce the danger at high water time. This work has been done partly by the County and partly by donations. Gradually the good roads idea and discussions are bringing tangible results.
    The Merritt sheep have been shorn and dipped and will soon be on their way to summer pasture. Mr. Merritt was much pleased with the work done by the gasoline engine and the clippers. Many people were out to see them work--and well worth their trip. The huge barn itself is so complete in every detail; dipping vat of the most approved construction, shearing room, with its conveniently arranged booths; the wool room with its appliances for sacking the wool and the huge mow for hay that it is worth viewing and about as complete as anyone could wish. To the uninitiated the surrounding canals and pens resemble the intricate [sic] of a maze, but Mr. Nichols and his competent herders put the right sheep into the right place every time.
Medford Mail, June 7, 1901, page 3


    Chas. Dickison has been busy for a week or more, spraying his orchard.
    Myron Jennings, who has been a Table Rock farmer for some days, expects to go east of the mountains after the Fourth.
    Miss Florence Toft spent Sunday at Table Rock, the guest of Miss Meta Morine, and had a delightful time visiting different points of interest.
    Albert and Charles Morine are on Elk Creek exploring the mining belt, and with good prospects, so says last reports.
    Miss Dollie Badger closed a very successful term of school last Friday and on Sunday left for Talent to visit her sister, Mrs. Ed. Hughes, for a few weeks, when she will return to Table Rock.
    Miss Lucy Brewer, of San Francisco, is visiting Mrs. Pendleton and Mrs. Frierson. Miss B. has been on a tour of the Alaskan coast for a month or more and has some very fine pictures and specimens to show her friends.
Medford Mail, June 28, 1901, page 3


    Wm. Shoults and family returned to Medford the first of the week.
    Deputy Assessor Whipple spent Sunday at Table Rock, having completed the work assigned him .
    S. F. Morine and family are rusticating in the wilds of Elk Creek. They say that both hunting and fishing are good.
    John Williams has sold and delivered his entire hay crop to his brother, I. F. Williams, the livery man, at Central Point.
    W. R. Dickison, who fell from a load of hay some days ago and was quite seriously bruised up, is around again and able to look over his farm. He had a very narrow escape.
    Harry Nealon is running his binder every day and proving himself quite a machinist. Most anybody can cut grain pretty low, but he is the first one we have seen who could make a success grubbing it.
    Mr. Berrian, superintendent of the U.S. Hatchery, is trying to make arrangements to start a new hatchery at the head of the Table Rock irrigating ditch. This was the site selected by Mr. Hubbard some years ago.
    In our travels over the country we hear a general complaint of short crops. While there are some small crops that will turn out fairly well, the general average will certainly fall far short of the estimates made a month ago.
    We received a letter a few days ago from Rev. Robt. McLean, of Portland, asking for accommodations for himself and one or two others, who will try the fishing in the valley. Mr. McLean declares there is no stream on the coast like Rogue River.
    Farm hands have been scarce this harvest, but so far no one has suffered any loss, only in some cases where the hands become too independent. Some of these fellows tried to run a ranch to suit themselves for one of our farmers, and as a result they had to hit the road in double quick order.                    
Medford Mail, July 26, 1901, page 3


    The grain has all been cut and stacked and we are now ready for a thresher.
    Verne Pendleton started for Janesville, Cal., last week to visit his grand-parents.
    Chas. Dickison reports a very pleasant time in Portland last week and wishes he could have stayed another week
    A letter from Will Nichols, who has charge of J. W. Merritt's sheep, says that the forest fires are doing great damage to both range and timber.
    The county court has ordered some very substantial repairs done on the Bear Creek bridge near Central Point, which is good news to us, as the old structure was absolutely unsafe.
    A man from Portland connected with Paige & Co., fruit dealers, told us that he had bought the entire crop of peaches from the Shipley orchard, Sams Valley, and thought there would be ten thousand boxes.
    We have received two letters from parties in Arizona, asking us to look up some small tracts of land, centrally located in Rogue River Valley, as they are going to move here soon and will buy homes to locate on permanently. They are good citizens and will be an acceptable addition to any neighborhood.
    W. J. Honeyman, of the firm of Honeyman & McBride of Portland, put business aside for a couple of days and tried his luck fishing in Rogue River with a fly made in Scotland that is supposed to tempt any salmon. He only succeeded in hooking a few, which was disappointing to him. But he will try again later on.
Medford Mail, August 16, 1901, page 3


    Wm. R. Dickison has been marketing a lot of very fine melons and is convinced that he has land which will yield as great a profit as any in Southern Oregon.
    From a party who has visited the huckleberry patch we are told that there are very few berries to be had this year, which will be a great disappointment to the many annual visitors.
    The farmers of this section made arrangements with Messrs. Bradshaw and Stevens to come in and do our threshing next week, notwithstanding the report that the Glass machine will finish up here.
    The old soldiers are preparing for a splendid time at their reunion at Central Point this year. It is said that the literary exercises will be far above the average and they naturally expect a good attendance.
    Chas. Dickison and Arthur started for Elk Creek Wednesday on a hunting trip.  They are advised by friends to take along about ten dollars for bait, as deer are very wild these days. They expect to be gone six or seven days.
    We have an industry in our part of the country which seems to be in a flourishing condition and even the drought does not affect it in the least. A gentleman from Applegate is catching turtles and fattening them for the San Francisco market. He has over three thousand now and says he has made an average of ten dollars a day since he began work. He will ship Nov. 15th.
Medford Mail, August 30, 1901, page 3


    Mrs. A. P. Frierson is visiting Mrs. N. C. Gunn near Medford.
    Richard Jennings came up from Roseburg Friday, on a visit to his mother.
    Arthur Walker and family, of Medford, spent Sunday visiting at Chas. Dickison's.
    Miss Edith Nicholson, of Medford, is sightseeing at Table Rock these days, the guest of Meta Morine.
    The late rain has put the soil in fine condition for plowing and most farmers are hoping for clear weather again.
    W. J. Nichols brought the Merritt sheep from the mountains last week, and reports a good year on the mountain range.
    Charley Nichols came over from Klamath County last week to buy his winter supplies and to make a short visit with his father's family.
    William Dickison has purchased a large sized cider mill and has made several barrels of the finest cider we ever tasted in this or any other country.
    William Witcher, who lately sold his desert farm to the Jackson County Improvement Company, has bought a farm on Griffin Creek and will soon move to his new home.
    Miss Mae L. McIntyre, lately from Colorado, is conducting a very successful term of school here, and though only two weeks have passed since she took up the work, the little folks have learned that study hours mean strict business and nothing else. The pupils seem quite interested in the new textbooks.
Medford Mail, November 1, 1901, page 3


    Mr. Wm. Dickison started for Elk Creek Monday on a hunting trip.
    Saw mill men up Rogue River are taking advantage of the good roads by rushing their lumber out as fast as they can get teams.
    Richard Jennings took Friday's train for Roseburg, where he will settle up his business, and return to Jackson County to remain for the winter.
    Packers are busy these days getting the apple crop on the Chas. Dickison place ready for market. As usual the fruit is large and of good quality.
    Fishermen tell us that the river is full of silversides now, and that they are at their best. We tried one last week and never tasted finer fish from any stream.
    That beautiful pet deer of John Vincent has not been seen for a week or more, and it is quite likely that some hunter found him an easy target as he was often a mile or more from home.
    The farmers who have sticky land have had favorable weather to put in their crops, while those on the bottom lands find it a little too dry for deep plowing. Another day's rain would put such land in first-class condition to work.
    The Table Rock Ditch Company has just completed a bulkhead which has a capacity of three thousand inches of water. Gradually this company has enlarged the ditch and soon will have one of the finest properties in Southern Oregon.
Medford Mail, November 8, 1901, page 3


    Mrs. C. A. Dickison visited in Medford Wednesday.
    Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendleton spent Tuesday with Ashland friends.
    S. F. and Chas. Morine spent Monday transacting business in Medford and Central Point.
    Wm. Dickison has returned from his trip up Rogue River and is well pleased with the game he secured.
    Richard Jennings returned from Roseburg Friday to remain permanently with his mother and family.
    Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Gunn visited Table Rock relatives over Sunday and left a substantial reminder in the form of a turkey.
    W. R. Dickison and Harry Nealon hauled heavy hogs to Jacksonville Monday and the price they obtained sent the home smiling.
    A party of hunters composed of Judge Prim, Geo. Neuber, John Orth, Chas. Gay and John Ross were doing Table Rock country last Friday.
    Table Rock has a literary society which meets every Friday night at the school house. C. A. Dickison is president, S. M. Nealon, vice president; Miss Mae McIntyre, secretary, and Miss Hattie Waschau, treasurer. Last Friday evening was devoted to Longfellow and was a decided success.
    Miss Mae McIntyre spent Saturday with Medford relatives and was accompanied home by her sister. On Sunday Clarence Meeker came out and with Mr. Sandals and Miss Grace Dickison made a party to climb the lower Table Rock. They ate their lunch by a blazing bonfire and report a good time in spite of fog and clouds.
Medford Mail, November 22, 1901, page 3


    Miss Clara McIntyre is out from Medford to spend a week or so with our busy teacher.
    Messrs. King and Armstrong spent the last day of the shooting season at Table Rock.
    Dick Maben is seen speeding his fine colt up and down the pumice road these showery days.
    It seems pleasant and like old times to see James Pelton riding around this country again.
    The rain of the past days has filled all the creeks and waterways and put a stop to plowing.
    Your correspondent received an order from Montague, Calif., last week for a carload of grain, which he could not fill in the valley at prices to compete with the California market.
    A Grants Pass man was here the first of the week looking for a place to have a band of horses for the winter but failed to find it.
    The other day a fine China pheasant hen came to feed with our chickens. There are several others reported with different flocks of chickens in the neighborhood.
    The literary entertainment Friday night was devoted to Thanksgiving subjects. Dainty programs were distributed, tied by the club colors, lavender and corn colors and bearing the club name, "Earnest workers," the motto, "Rowing, not Drifting," and a nicely drawn turkey standing guard over the overflowing contents of a horn of plenty, all of which was the work of Miss McIntyre and the older pupils. Some were absent but the program as given made a very pleasant evening. The question for debate was Resolved, That Thanksgiving is a greater day than the Fourth of July. It was decided in favor of the affirmative.
Medford Mail, December 6, 1901, page 3


    Chas. A. Dickison went to Jacksonville Monday to serve on the jury.
    Mr. Frank Adams and family spent Sunday with Central Point relatives and friends.
    Mr. Richard Jennings is now holding the position of foreman on Wm. Bybee's Rogue River farm.
    Mr. and Mrs. Fielder, who have been stopping at the Bybee place, returned to Jacksonville Sunday.
    The late rains have raised Rogue River about three feet, but we all feel safe about our bridge this winter.
    Mr. Wash. Vincent and family have moved out from Medford and are now occupying a house on the Jennings farm.
    W. J. Nichols was out from Central Point Monday looking over Mr. Merritt's sheep. They expect to move to the Donegan place in about ten days.
Medford Mail, December 13, 1901, page 3


    Myron Jennings and his mother drove to Medford Monday, returning the same day.
    Benton Vincent and his daughter, Mrs. Fields, made a visit to the county seat Monday.
    H. D. Rodenberger, of Willow Springs, is doing some carpenter work for your correspondent.
    Wm. Bybee spent two or three days here this week looking after his stock and general farm work.
    Mrs. Pendleton, Mrs. Frierson and Hattie Waschau spent two days last week in Medford selecting Christmas presents.
    The frosty weather has put a stop to farming, but we can easily keep busy at making fence or overhauling buildings, which is just as necessary as plowing.
    Arrangements have about been completed for a public Christmas tree at the school house. As the roads are liable to be bad, this will give the little folks a good time without having to go to town through the mud.
Medford Mail, December 20, 1901, page 3


    Roy Nichols has gone to Brownsboro to work in the big ditch.
    Harold Rodenberger, of Willow Springs, has decided to make Table Rock his home for a while.
    Some little plowing has been done lately but the ground is a little too frosty in spots to do good work.
    Miss McIntire is taking her vacation in Medford with relatives and will not open school again for another week.
    Quite a number of Table Rock people attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Sisemore at Sams Valley Monday.
    Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Gunn visited relatives and friends here the first of the week and also attended Mrs. Sisemore's funeral.
    Marion Nealon came over from Willow Springs and spent a jolly Christmas with his father's family. Too far between visits, Marion.
    Your correspondent and family spent a most enjoyable Christmas at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Gunn, three miles south of Medford.
    Mrs. Williams and her mother, Mrs. Merriman, late of Bisbee, Arizona, are spending the holiday season with Mrs. Pendleton and Mrs. Frierson. Mrs. Williams, who by the way is quite an artist, is spending all the sunny hours painting a large picture of Table Rock.
    Though we were not able to attend the Christmas tree here we are told that everything passed off with splendid success and everybody had a good time, and was just as happy as all should be on that occasion. Table Rockers never do things by halves when they undertake anything of this kind.
    R. B. Porter and family, recently from Burns, eastern Oregon, have purchased the Chas. Dickison farm and moved onto the same last week. We are glad to welcome this family into our neighborhood and sincerely hope that they will never regret having come here to locate. There are two young ladies and two boys in the family, which will swell the circle of young people.
Medford Mail, January 3, 1902, page 3


    Miss McIntire reopened school Monday with three new pupils enrolled.
    Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Morine are smiling over a Christmas present they received in the shape of a fine baby girl.
    Mrs. Merriam and Mrs. Williams returned to Medford Saturday, having greatly enjoyed our different picturesque points of view.
    Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent attended the New Year's dance at Moonville and report one of the pleasantest times of the season.
    Harry Carlton was in the neighborhood on business Tuesday and spent a social hour with your correspondent.
    Miss Hattie Waschau made a flying trip to Table Rock Thursday, as she has decided to spend the remainder of the winter at home.
    During the holidays Mrs. Frank Adams was visited by her sister, Miss Williams, who is a student of the Medford Academy.
    Misses Winnie and Myrtle Vincent, of Gold Hill, spent their holiday vacation with their grandparents and relatives here and did not forget to call on their old friends. Come again, girls, you are always welcome.
    The sad, but not altogether unexpected, news of the death of Grandma Williams, of Central Point, was received here Tuesday, and in spite of the fog and threatening weather, quite a number from here attended the funeral Wednesday.
Medford Mail, January 10, 1902, page 6


    S. M. Nealon attended the meeting of old soldiers at Central Point Saturday.
    Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pankey are the parents to another bouncing baby boy.
    Richard Jennings and his mother were visiting N. C. Gunn and family Sunday.
    Elmer Nichols and family, of Gold Hill, are paying a visit to his father's family.
    Mrs. P. M. Williams went out to Table Rock Tuesday on a visit and to finish her painting.
    Myron Jennings is over at Bybee Springs looking after stock and things generally for Mr. Bybee.
    Mr. and Mrs. B. Vincent went to Medford Monday, where Mrs. V. will remain a few days for medical treatment.
    Mr. and Mrs. Dickison and Mr. and Mrs. Porter made a business trip to Jacksonville Saturday, returning the same day.
    Verne Pendleton took a ton of grain to Medford Friday, returning the same day, which is proof that the roads, while they might be improved, are not so bad as they used to be.
Medford Mail, January 24, 1902, page 3


    Benton Vincent took a load of very fine Pearmain apples to Medford Monday.
    Mrs. A. P. Frierson has returned from her visit to Medford, where she spent a week with Mrs. L. B. Merriman.
    Hon. S. M. Nealon was a pretty sick man for a few days last week, but we are glad to say he is up and about again.
    Tom Pankey and sisters, of Central Point, passed through Table Rock on their return from Mrs. Cardwell's funeral at Sams Valley.
    Mrs. Williams returned to Medford Monday, expecting to meet her husband, who is coming from Arizona, but the latter wrote that he would not be here before Saturday.
Medford Mail, January 31, 1902, page 3


    F. O. Hurd, of Medford, was at Table Rock during the week on land business.
    Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nichols are over from Prineville and are visiting Mr. N.'s parents.
    Miss Clara McIntire was out from Medford last week visiting her sister and Mr. Dickison's family.
    Court Hall and Wm. Reames, of Gold Hill, were here two days this week on a hunt and went back satisfied, though not overloaded.
    J. W. Marksbury passed through this neighborhood on his way home where he will rest for a couple of months, having done a good business on his last trip.
    John Duggan returned from the big ditch last week, having been there the longest of any man with a team, and proposed to return when work begins in the spring.
    Marion Nealon, after spending a year at Willow Springs, is home again, and judging from the pleasure he seems to take in being there, home and its surroundings has not lost any of its charms.
    Miss Maud Downing, of Central Point, spent about ten days here helping the assessor write up his field books for this year, and at the same time had the pleasure of meeting many of her old pupils.
    Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pendleton left for Jacksonville Tuesday, where they will begin the work of copying the land transfers for 1901. As the number of sales is far above the average, it will be a work of several weeks.
    A number of people from here attended the funeral of Joe Van Hardenberg at Central Point last Saturday. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the entire neighborhood, as they were at one time one of us.
Medford Mail, February 14, 1902, page 3


    S. M. Nealon, Chas. Dickison and S. F. Morine went to different points in the valley this week.
    Politics are causing several people in this end of the valley to spend a lot of time on the road lately.
    Dr. Shearer passed Monday on his return from the Meadows, where he had been called to attend Mr. Gardiner, who is suffering from appendicitis.
    W. R. Byrum has started work clearing ground for buildings which he proposes to erect this spring. We expect to see quite a number of new houses in this end of the valley before snow flies.
    B. R. Porter started for Klamath County Monday to look after some cattle and horses left there in the fall. He thinks they will be able to live on the range from this time on, as reports come that the feed has started nicely.
Medford Mail, March 7, 1902, page 3


    Hon. S. M. Nealon made a business trip to Jacksonville Monday.
    Mr. and Mrs. Horace Pelton were visiting Mrs. Pelton's parents Sunday.
    Miss Myrtle Porter and Master Harry were trading in Medford Saturday.
    Postmaster Davis and wife took advantage of the lovely day to go to Medford Monday.
    C. C. Taylor, deputy assessor, was over to Assessor Pendleton's Monday, getting his field books, etc., preparatory to starting to work in a few days.
    We are informed that the U.S. postal authorities refused to let the contract to carry the mail from Agate to Table Rock as they considered all the bids too high.
    Mr. and Mrs. Saltmarsh, parents of Mrs. W. R. Byrum, made a short visit at Table Rock last week, and on Saturday Mrs. S. returned to stay a week or so with her daughter.
    Dr. Messner, the veterinary of Medford, was called to Table Rock Monday to treat another of J. C. Pendleton's best work horses that was suffering from what seemed to be kidney trouble.
    Mr. Byrum made a trip to Central Point on Friday for a load of the old bridge timber to bridge a ditch on his new place, and to try the span of mules recently purchased of W. R. Dickison.
    W. J. Nichols and son, Bryce, were out at the Curry place several days last week. On Monday they moved one band of the Merritt sheep onto the desert, the few warm days having started the feed nicely.
    Tom Pankey, of Central Point, came out Sunday and is now engaged in pruning B. R. Porter's orchard.  The Table Rock friends of the family are glad to learn that his sister, Mrs. Cardwell, who has been sick in Medford for so long, is now on the high road to recovery.
    We are informed that the wagon road from the valley to the top of Lower Table Rock, being made by Messrs. Pankey and Strickland, is about completed, which will be good news to the many people who would love to view this lovely little valley from those rugged cliffs, but who have been prevented from doing so by the arduous ascent.
Medford Mail, March 14, 1902, page 3


    Stewart Porter and Verne Pendleton rode over to Medford Friday night to see "Uncle Tom's Cabin," returning after the play, feeling well paid for their trip.
    Rev. Haberly, of Medford, preached to a large congregation at the school house Sunday. Before the sermon the two children of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Morine were baptized.
    E. H. Davis is planting enough ground to carrots to raise one hundred tons if he is successful with his crop. He considers it as good a crop for horse feed as can be raised.
    Frank Adams has a force of men at work reseeding alfalfa land on the Merritt place and Mr. Dickison is preparing and seeding quite a block of land to the same, so in the near future hay will be one of the heaviest crops in this section.
    In a paper from Eutaw, Alabama, we noticed the weather report for the week ending Feb. 24, 1902. In that glorious clime "where it never gets cold," we find that the average maximum temperature for the week was 50 degrees and minimum temperature 35 degrees, while away up here in Oregon where those people think we are frozen up most of the time we find for the same week, maximum temperature 57 degrees and the minimum temperature 41 degrees. Here our lowest temperature was 36 degrees while there they enjoyed an atmosphere of 29 degrees. For the whole month of Feb. here we find the average maximum temperature 52 degrees, minimum temperature 44 degrees. Comment needless.
Medford Mail, March 21, 1902, page 5


    W. R. and C. A. Dickison went to Gold Hill Monday and bought several head of stock cattle.
    S. W. McClendon paused for a few moments' chat on his way to Gold Hill Monday with a land buyer.
    E. H. Davis, while working with a sick horse the other day, hurt his leg in such a way that he has to use a crutch.
    W. J. Nichols came out from Central Point to the Merritt place Monday for a load of hay and to transact some other business connected with the sheep camps.
    The Table Rock Ditch Co. began the work Tuesday of making a cut over forty rods in length, which will shorten the channel and leave it on much safer ground. E. H. Davis has the contract.
    Stewart Porter started in the storm Sunday to meet his father who was coming in from Dairy with horses and cattle. They got home Tuesday night, the stock showing that the trip over the mountains had not been an easy one.
    The Republican primaries passed off quietly in this precinct. Chas. A. Dickison was elected chairman and S. M. Nealon secretary. I. J. Stacey, E. Webber and C. A. Dickison were elected delegates. E. H. Davis was nominated for Justice of the Peace, John Jones for Constable and W. R. Dickison for road supervisor.
Medford Mail, March 28, 1902, page 3


    Verne H. Pendleton made a trip to Jacksonville Tuesday with some fat hogs.
    Several parties from different parts of the valley were on Table Rock Sunday.
    Garl T. Jones, of Medford, was out at Table Rock Tuesday doing some surveying.
    Easter Sunday came so early this year that there was not the usual supply of wild flowers to greet the flower gatherers.
    Table Rock Ditch Company held a directors' meeting Monday, at the office of the secretary, J. W. Merritt, of Central Point.
    S. F. Morine, S. M. Nealon, J. C. Pendleton, W. R. and C. A. Dickison attended the Republican convention at Jacksonville Saturday.
    That Sams Valley precinct might not go without a representative at the congressional convention at Roseburg, J. C. Pendleton accepted the proxy from C. A. Dickison, who was not able to attend.
Medford Mail, April 4, 1902, page 3


    The local fishermen have been rewarded lately with nice strings of trout and some large fish.
    Melvin Gowdie, nephew of W. Rawlings, of Medford, came out last Sunday and may decide to remain all summer.
    Chas. Gay, of Central Point, was out one day last week and remained overnight. He was on a horse hunting expedition in which he was successful.
    Your correspondent and wife were among the country delegation that went to Ashland Tuesday to hear the world renowned Emma Nevada and her troupe of artists.
    Harvey Inlow was down from Trail last Wednesday and remained overnight. He was after oats and reported that he found the roads very good in some places and equally bad in others.
    Tom Pankey was out from Central Point last week getting Mr. Porter's sprayer started. In spite of the showery weather they have made good progress and will be through in a few days.
    W. R. Dickison was down to Foots Creek a couple of days last week looking for stock cattle to buy. He secured several head which Roy Nichols helped to collect and drive to the Kesterson place, where they are keeping their various purchases.
    The Misses Myrtle and Margaret Porter have both secured schools. The former left Sunday afternoon for Mountain district, where she opened school on Monday, and the latter will begin a term of school in Rock Point next Monday. We will miss their merry faces from our midst but wish for them success in their chosen work.
Medford Mail, April 11, 1902, page 3


    T. J. Kinney, of Jacksonville, passed through Table Rock Sunday.
    Archie Ray, of Medford, came out the last of the week to visit the Jennings family.
    Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Byrum went to Medford Saturday, returning Sunday, accompanied by Mr. Byrum's parents.
    Stewart Porter made a flying trip to Mr. Martin's, of Rock Point, Sunday.
    Mrs. Ann Fields went to Sams Valley the first of the week and expects [to] remain for some time.
    Many strangers, most of them homeseekers, pass every day, and the mover is again abroad in the land.
    Mr. Porter made a business trip to Medford Monday. His spraying outfit is still at work as they have extended their field of operations to all the neighboring orchards.
    Everyone is busy these lovely days, and no one so much so as Dame Nature. One can almost see the grass and grain grow, and the buds are bursting into full bloom in all directions.
    Mr. Meeker and family, of Medford, the Misses McIntire, of Colorado, Mr. Sandles, of Ohio, and the Dickison family of this place, made the trip to Lower Table Rock Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it and the view very much. Several other parties from different parts of the valley were also there and found many wild flowers on top, also about twenty acres of plowed ground, which looked strange to old visitors.
Medford Mail, April 18, 1902, page 3


    Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barneburg were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Byrum Sunday.
    Rev. Haberly preached at the school house on last Sunday and afterwards organized a Sunday school. Mrs. R. B. Porter was chosen as Supt. and Wm. R. Dickison, assistant supt., with Mrs. F. Adams and C. A. Dickison as teachers.
    Dept. Assessor and Mrs. J. M. Whipple, of Woodville, spent Sunday with your correspondent and family. Mr. W. is getting along nicely with assessment work and will soon be interviewing the people of Willow Springs, Central Point and Mound precincts.
    Richard Jennings had the misfortune to have a horse stray away from him last week while he was at work on the Table Rock Ditch. Parties saw it swim the river with its head tied down to its feet; but at last reports that was the last he could hear of it though he spent several days hunting.
    School closed Friday evening with an entertainment which was largely attended and afforded much amusement. There were dialogues and recitations by the pupils and music was furnished between the acts by Mr. and Mrs. A. Strickland. Miss McIntire left Sunday for Medford and will soon leave for her home in Colorado.
Medford Mail, April 25, 1902, page 3


    The Misses Lea and Osa Middlebusher, of Eagle Point, were the guests of Miss Mollie Nichols last week.
    The late frost did practically no damage, but the cool weather of the last week has somewhat hindered all growth.
    Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent left for Grants Pass Tuesday for a week or ten days' visit with friends and relatives.
    E. H. Davis left Tuesday to go to Crescent City to be gone some little time as he is interested in mining property there.
    Corn planting has gone merrily on and is nearing completion in these parts, all ready for the warm rays of the May sun.
    Miss Myrtle Porter spent Saturday and Sunday with the home folks, returning to her school near Beagle Sunday evening.
    The fishermen report the finny beauties not so plentiful as usual at this time of the year, but the quality very fine, which latter we can testify to.
    C. A. Dickison and family visited Medford Sunday and Monday. Verne Pendleton returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Gunn, near Phoenix, Monday, and most every family here were represented in one or more of the valley towns during the week.
    Mrs. Reeves, of San Francisco, came Sunday for a visit with her brothers, the Messrs. Frank, Chas., and Albert Morine, and her daughter who has been visiting in Sams Valley for some time. There are rumors in the air the verification of which will come through the county clerk's office.
    When Richard Jennings went to Medford on Tuesday he found his horse in the livery stable there, Mr. Ashpole having brought her in. There were some inaccuracies in the mode of her escape as furnished us last week, but Rich has his horse and is content and will hereafter keep an eye on her when he turns her out for a green bite while he works.
    In R. B. Porter's young orchard can be seen a number of three-year-old apple trees in full bloom. One tree near the road, set to fill space in the old orchard, has the largest blooms we have ever seen and creates remarks from many of the passers by. One little boy exclaimed, "Oh, Papa, see that tiny baby tree all covered with flowers."  Yes! Baby trees in bloom!  What section of the country can show more precocious trees?
Medford Mail, May 2, 1902, page 3


    W. R. Dickison went over into the Applegate country on a cattle-buying trip.
    Miss Belle Williams is out from Central Point visiting her aunt, Mrs. Frank Adams.
    W. R. Byrum has lumber on the ground and will soon begin the erection of a dwelling house.
    Miss Mattie Taylor and Miss Nichols, of Eagle Point, were out for a ride Sunday and made a short call at "The Oaks."
    F. M. Stewart, the Medford real estate man, has had several people out this way lately looking over our country with a view to purchasing homes.
    The Table Rock Sunday school is in a very flourishing condition, and Mrs. Porter is to be congratulated on the interest that is taken in hunting up the answers to the weekly questions.
    Deputy Assessor C. C. Taylor was at the home office Wednesday and Thursday checking up. This finishes his work unless he decides to take two more precincts. Assessor Pendleton and Deputy Assessor Whipple are still in the field.
    B. R. Porter picked a curiosity from one of his apple trees the other day, the same being a very large double bloom that resembled a pure white rose much more than an apple blossom. He is wondering now what kind of an apple would have resulted had he left it on the tree.
    Miss May Nealon has received word from the county school superintendent that she has successfully passed the eighth grade examination which she took at the close of the term. She is the first graduate from our school under the present ruling and all her friends are hearty in their congratulations.
    Sunday being a very pleasant day people from all parts of the valley came to enjoy the sights from the top of Table Rock. One wagon loaded with eighteen people and drawn by four horses was piloted to the top of the rock, which proves that the builders of the road have worked wonders for sightseers.
    Mrs. P. M. Williams and mother, Mrs. Merriman, returned to Medford Monday, after a stay of several days in this locality. While here Mrs. Williams completed her painting of Table Rock, from which she contemplates making a large picture which will be exhibited to the public when complete. She is also making watercolor sketches of our wildflowers and took home with her an order for a book of them to be sent east. She has the rare faculty of getting the exact shades of coloring, and the book will be a treat wherever it is shown. Her watercolor portrait of the late Mr. Frierson has received many favorable comments. Those wishing such work done would do well to call on her in Medford before sending elsewhere.
Medford Mail, May 16, 1902, page 3


    Richard Jennings left for Shelly Creek Tuesday, where he goes to take a position in a mine operated by Mr. Ray, of Medford.
    Wm. R. Dickison with two or three vaqueros leave for Roseburg Friday to get a bunch of one hundred cattle recently purchased by him.
    Harry Nealon left for San Francisco Friday. This being his first visit to that or any other large city, no doubt he will see many interesting as well as instructive sights.
    A force of men began shearing sheep Monday on the Curry place. Merritt is on the grounds himself overseeing the work and keeping the shearing machines in order.
    Work is progressing nicely on the new flume on the Table Rock Ditch, and in a few days water will be running. While this has been quite a tedious undertaking, when completed it will be very substantial.
Medford Mail, May 23, 1902, page 3

Table Rock Items.
BY J.C.P.