Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-25
A Reckless Newspaper Fake
That May Lead TO
Indictment.
wHATLEADING BUSINESS MEN SAY
An Irrctrievable Injury to the
Business Interests of
Salem.

ioluAtEiiluh Ahtb lbt CiNJ wins Jul mug
up. The article was evidently con-
cocted to strike blow at Mr.. j. NJ.
Martin, President of the Water Co.,
and Mr.. Wallace, Director.
The fake WAS written by boy
and fool boy at that. Strangers
who only saw the heading and did
not know it was fake told it to
Salemites they met away from home
at summer resorts and in the noun
tains aud as evil news travels fast,
business men came hurrying home
from all directions to find it was all
dismal joke.
Expressions among the business
men were very violent, as to offer to
head mob to tear down the Office
aud throw it into the river. This
feeling soon cooled off and yet all
day excitement has run high. Scores
of women were scared into Mysteries
rs The news spread.
A JOURNAL reporter has obtained
the following expressions of opinion
among business men and property
owners and they are unanimous
that it has been a detriment
to our city that will be felt
for some time. Here are
few of the sentiments expressed:
President Martin: "'rhe article
in the Statesman is standing in
vitation to all the tramps and hobos
in the country To come and burn the
city. No one but a crazy man would
write or print such a piece, at time
when for few weeks the water
bitches are cut off. Owing to a
blunder of Chicago engineers our
water works are more or less crippled
and this publication gives it out that
the city is without any fire protec
lection, which is false as hell"
Seth r. Hammer: ~ do not like
it, 1t is a shot at the waterworks
and the company has done all in its
power to protect the city. Men
who are in debt will find the report
Of the fire precipitating their credi-
tors npon their necks. 1t is not
bit funny"
Henry Shoemaker: "If they
want to hit the water company let
them go at it in some other way
that won't hurt other people,"
Harry Simon: ~ was nearly
scared to death. All my stock is in
here and 1 have but little insurance,
and The man who got it up is crazy"
T. Burrows: INSURANCE in this
block is per cent. now aud this will
raise the Iate so no one can afford to
insure.
A banker says: "There should be
n good sized hanging bee among fool
newspaper men, for getting up such
an Injurious business scare. 1t will
affect credits wherever Salem busi-
ness men are at all loaded"
E. M. La.ore: "It was poor
thing to do. 1t unnecessarily
frightened people on point where
they are apprehensive at this sea-
sou."
Geo. Hughes: at is dangerous
practice to suggest such a thing as
burning a block. 1t fills certain
class with incendiary ideas that are
extremely dangerous to property"
f. M. Waite: 81 went up into
my office believing it was burned out
after | got there. L have not been
so frightened in all my life."
J. HI. Bridges: GAS soon as saw
it began to count up my Insurance.
1t was terribly overdrawn."
Homer b. Holland: "It is damn
able outrage on the community"
P. S. Knight: "A very silly, silly
thing to do"
John Brooks: "If the city was in
any such condition il is not wise to
publish it,"
Fire Capt. Price: "I could find a
crowd in ten minutes that would
tear the building down and throw
the presses in the river. Salem will
not get over the effect of this for
year"
Patton Bros: ut was dirty trick
to scare people that way"
Sr0at & Gle: at is not a right
thing to do even if we are in that
condition"
John G. Wright, president Of the
board of trade: ut is damned out
rage aud All encouragement to in
cendiarism. 1t is an inducemeGt to
boys and hobos to set fires and has
tendency TO cause every business
man to pay higher rate of insur-
ance."
Asst. p. NJ. Bozorth: at should
have been beaded so as not to raise
everyone's hair at first sight"
Landlord Wagner; ''It is sure to
attract incendiaries 10 the condition
If our city and especially to this
block"
Geo. Goodhue: at rssises an un
necessary stencil aud Is terrible
slam on our town"
Geo. C. VIII; ut is bad on the
town"
Banker Gilbert: at was a mean
hing TO pui in print and will have
hal cffvct on insurance aud iuvest-