SUES OF OGDEN CITY EXCEED A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR the mortgages paid off amount to over half a million dollars but the sama amount of mortgages are filed principally for purchase price and not for loans tha real estate conditions in weber county and ogden city are told by the figures from county elli office the past year alie real estate transfer in the county that were recorded hao not been as large as the preceding year but tho value of tho proper ty has been lery larger during ahe pat year many hundred deeds tune recorded w ing a stated consid lv recording of the deeda city and county calv county total dec jan leb mch may aft june july aug sapt oct 84 t 1400 nov total gage given dining the vear arc chattels mostly city city real estate county real estate total mortgages given mortgage relea aea kcal estate releases lien total releases lly the above figures it will be shown that mortgages given during the year exceed ihorn released during the same period by only twenty nall street from alio union depot up to washington avenue has probably been alio scene of alie greatest real estate activity during alie past year the large business bu done ith transient and the good pro fiti enjoyed by alie business men of lower 2 ich street is the explanation of tilie condition eale are reported and ne a rule alio purchases arc for the purpose of permanent investment rather alian for speculation on ilic north eido of street are a little higher n price thai those on alie south on alie north tide between wall and lincoln to er front foot ie asked for property hav in ng old style frames stores on tho bouth eida prices range from per foot for ni improved lots to for land with two story brick building between lincoln and grant the investor will find that the latest sale called RESIDENCE OF FATHER CUSHNAHAN for an expenditure of 1000 to secure 33 feet facing on with 11 that the RESIDENCE OF EX MAYOR H H SPENCER ration of 1 when in fact the real consideration has been between and the real amounts added to the stated consideration would makes this icare transfers much lispher than last year the following is concise and accurate statement of the consideration ex pressed in deeds recorded with county ellig from december 1 1901 to november 22 1002 showing the month the atae of rea testate both in the city and county ha increased between ten and twenty per cent and in many instances property has been sold in the city at en anac of oer eighty and ninety per cent ot former price the general condition ot real estate throughout the county lias been very good probably the best ever known in alio history of the county the mort ably values at yet the pay interest on the investment from ernnt up to wahington avenue ii an unbroken front of and the owners are 0 o yell that per front foot would probably be no inducement to part with their hold ka aa washington avenue balwen bel wen and i without wit houi doubt the highest priced business locality he city on RESIDENCE OF the west side values range from to 1000 per front foot on the cast side there is one excellent business block eliat can bo purchased at per foot only one or two gates have been noted during the year washington from north to ia now solidly built up on both side v ith exception of a small frontage on the cast lauy merchants prefer this block to the one south of street value range from to per foot the cortti valuda drop rapidly alie located there are efell satisfied with the of busi aces uces especially with the farmers buyers inuit expect to pay from to per front foot for vacant ground between and the latest bale on washington avenue 40 per foot this locality is one of the best for future investments invest mente south of street washington avenue loses value rapidly as a business locality as auth street ig approached but sonn of the most prosperous farius are located there some frontage can be had at per foot south of ach streets comes theresi the resi part of torn and the neighborhood of unusually good terraces one of chesi valued a ia located but one block city hall square and rentals that must pay fully 2 per cent on tho anco naked or four blocki from the bugin cf mith modern and having six to ten rooms are ul from to good building bui ldina ilea adjoining beilin from iab 1000 in ohp on or macur street car liars cott uses of nac and ii rooms with electric lightsy and theat and cold water in the house a bought at o 0 1000 to 1500 n daas of prop aty arc u pur at less fi cost 61 build ing LO supple willow wand but the big senior left tim far ic hind on the first lap for two or three 1 katman was ahe at the end of the first half mile nil alio contestants but the senior end the indian showed sign of fatigue and eastmam was halt a lap behind the leader lie never spurted indeed bo could not do eo hi method wa perfectly simple ran aa fast a ho could and lie kept up he not to know aliat fatigue was when nin the senior tried to loaf in the middle of the race but it made him uneasy to ce the indian pounding away as alv as A trip opposite him on the track the senior would draw away a bit but as eoon ho slackened to his ordinary gait the indian would come pounding on with his long cebey stride time and again the senior spurted faeh effort took just eo out ds him at the fin yh t eIn dian came trotting in hundred yard or so ahead altot course the college wild efforts were made the next year to RESIDENCE OIL HON A