Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-18
THE SALOONS OF
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
OF the Total Number In the
County. Grants Pass Has
Twelve.

The saloons of Josephine county
will be increased by three IL the Pc
titions for licenses are granted that
will be presented at the September
term of county court. OF the three
applications that are to be considered
by the county court, one is for a
saloon at Holland. one at Selma and
one on the stage road across Rogue
river from Grants Pass The petition
for Holland is for John Auten, form.
erly of Placer, and the report is
that he will have no remonstrance to
oppose him. A. NJ. Irwin, another
former Placer saloon man. has the
application in for the saloon at Selma,
but the Selma people declare they
want no saloon and say they will kill
the application with remonstrance.
The license ior South Grants Pass
is wanted by Frank Smith, but there
is a serious hitch to his application
and he may not ask for a license from
the county court, for the building in
which he has heretofore been conduct.
ing saloon for August Fetsch is
burned and he is under arrest charged
with burning it and Fetsch's brewery
and ice plant. the insurance com.
panies making the complaint alleging
that the bindings were fired to SO.
cure the heavy insurance that was on
them. As Mr.. Smith is new conner
here and is not known to have means,
II IL the general supposition that the
saloon, IL again started, will really
be the property of Mr.. Fetsch. And
the brewery aud saloon building may
not be rebuilt as MIR. Fetsch has not
announced that he would do SO Mr.
Fetsoh made application at the July
term of county court for license
for this saloon, bot the residents iu
the vicinity OF the saloon together
with the Municipal League OF Grants
Pass got up remonstianoe and beat
him. As this saloon would be just
outside OF the limits of Grants Pass
and beyond police control and would
become u resort. as il was before IL
burned Of the tough element of the
city both men and women, IL will
probably not be permitted TO again
start under county license.
OF the saloons now operating in
Josephine county Grants Pass has IL.
Tbe other towns of this part Of the
county are Leland and Placer, each
with one saloon. Merlin, Hugo nor
Galice has saloon and the entire
Applegato valley, both in Josephine
and jackson counties, is saloonless.
The Illinois valley has but one saloon.
at Kerby, but the number will be in.
creased to three IL the licenses are
secured for Selma and Holland.
Waldo, which in days of its glory al
a big. hustling mining camp hat
saloons in plenty as we'll as liquol
lor sale at all the stores, is now a dry
town, the last saloon having dried al
several years ago. While Josephine
county is largely mining section yel
saloons are less numerous here thar
in many Of the agricultural counter
for the miner Of today has not h'
drinking proclivities of his pioneer
predecessor. Not that he IL any bet
ter morally. or that the pioneer mine
was inclined to drink more than othe
men Of his day, but wealth does no
come TO miners now with the ease an'
the quiokness that 1t did to tn
Southern Oregon miners Of the 'b0'
and eos and they can MOI spent
money by the rule of easy come
easy 90" " Mining now is u scienu
aud only those men who are indus
trioua and skillful and who are no
burned up with bad whiskey and dis
sipation, will attain success aud 'or
tune that they all so eagerly hunt TO
aud 30 few find