Show PRICES AGAIN More than a year ago THE HERALD was taken to task for saying that the prices of real estate in this city were not too high ind telling the owners that prices would I iea good deal higher before they were lower Vo were charged with a desire to frighten intending purchasers away Some said it was ridiculous to suggest that the prevailing rates could be maintained and they tried to argue that interest on the money invested could not bo made from the land TUE HEKALD it seems looked further fur-ther into the future than those could do who criticised the paper and said we were doing the town an injury by urging people to get what they asked or hold onto their property a little longer A good many lots which were sold before a year ago have since changed owners from one to three times and every time at an advance of from 23 > to 100 or more per cent I an the previous price In many instances land sells readily today for five times what it fetched a year ago and in no in ttance wo believe has the advance been less than 50 per cent Now we are told and especially by those flesignated as tenderfeet that prices are too high and we occasionally read that Mr SoandSo who came hero with money and intended to invest in-vest went away disgusted when he learned what was being asked for real estate es-tate Denver Kansas City and Omaha we are told offer better terms THE HERALD has so far been a very close guesser and it has no fear of destroying its reputation in this respect when it tells buyers and sellers that prices will Be higher before they fall Indeed we do not apprehend appre-hend there will bo any decline from present prices as to inside property Wo mean by by this nomattcr what the timid may say to the contrary that Salt Lake land is worth more than is being paid for it that those who purchase now are reasonably safe their buys always commanding in the market more than the present cost Of course we do not expect that the advance will be anything like what it has been within tho past two years that would be unreasonable But we do expect that hero if ter prices and values will be near neighbors neigh-bors as they are today and it must be onfessed that values are increasing all the Ume gaining with every new building and Tvith the coming of every good man who 2xpccts to make this city his home |