Show Among the Dealers Pratt Bros say they will double the prices of Lake City lots in the near future J R Smith has bought out all the interests inter-ests of J H Whalon his partner in City View and is now the solo owner of this addition Pratt Brothers report fifteen lots soldin Lake City the past two days at 200 and 500 each four to Denver parties and cloven to local parties Real estate men arc complaining that money is scarce and that neither banks nor loan and trust companies will strain a point to accommodate parties who have first class paper to cash for the purpose of investing in-vesting Contracts were let yesterday for the erection erec-tion of four houses in Archer Kullacks subdivision An artesian well and cement sidewalks are among the improvements contemplated and no lots will bo sold without with-out building guarantees They may hold Salt Lake but they cant stop it was the terse way that Mr Van Buskirk of the Van Buskirk Investment Invest-ment company put the situation in a nutshell nut-shell Though some men come hero and go away dissatisfied with the situation they belong to the speculative class who ask what is this piece of acreage worth and what will it bring tomorrow The other class who ask anxiously into the building enterprises with a view to a permanent investment in-vestment are the men wo want While at present we cannot show them much but foundations that are being due when the bricks and mortar ujgin to raise above the ground and tower into tho air it will leave a much better impression Nothing would suit me better than to hold the market as it is for a few months so that wo can do business busi-ness on what will then bo in sight |