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Show RUSH PREDICTED FOR BUILDING PERMITS Will Vie Witli Matrimonial Licenses for First Place, Says . Bettilyon. Marriage licenses and building permits per-mits aro C-in.g to be the principal public documents issued during the next year, in the opinion of V. A. Bettilyon, president presi-dent of Bettilyon Home Builders company. com-pany. Mr. Bettilyon bases his forecast iipon the fact that within a few months hundreds of young Utah men of marriageable mar-riageable age will be returning to reestablish re-establish themselves in civil life. "If I am any judge of .young men, ouo of the first events that will 'tako place in their lives after returning home will be to get married," said Mr. Bettilyon. Bet-tilyon. "And when they get married their noxt move, naturally, will be to construct a home for themselves. ." Naturally, vc are ' watching the fu-turo fu-turo with a grcatdeal of interest, anticipating antici-pating one of the greatest revivals in I real estate activity that this city has ever seen. The trading will be especially espe-cially -marked in building lots, since building in Salt Lake has been practically practi-cally at a standstill for, such a long period.. Homes will spring up in every section of the city with astounding rapidity. "The Taw of supply and demand. will naturally come into play and building lots will be at a premium. The activity, however, has nut yet set in as strongly as it will, so that building lots are still obtainable at exceedingly reasonable rates. It is safe to predict that the man who buys his building lot now will save possibly several hundred dollars, as compared with the price he will have-to have-to pay when the soldiers are all homo and the real demand for building lots sets in." |