Show salt lake s boom tho boom has undeniably quieted down a good deal since the first of the month during march prices of real estate ran up to fabulous figures one hundred dollars per foot frontage was offered by speculators for land in alie fifteenth ward six blocks west of main street and the nearer the business center the greater the extravagance in the prices offered and asked As high as three thousand dollars was talked of for the best locations in the business center prices were run up in aliis manner by option gamblers whose day seems however to be past genuine buyers are fighting shy of option speculators apparently caught on and the result is a comparative stagnation of the business of the latter whether the boom will revive or not remains to be seen but it is not likely that the excitement witnessed in march will be rs |