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Show liomoi for wife and child before any othor thing. Viewed in this light the real estate transfers, as recorded from day to day, of suburban property in the most satisfactory sign of the future. SALT I.AKK HOMK. While the real estate transfers in this city are not up to the boom figures of a year ago it is noteworthy that the number num-ber of trausfers is not diminishing very materially. There are just so many sales every day, rain or shine. The reason for this peculiar appearance is that while speculation has practically ceased for the time being, the investment invest-ment in building lots has not. Suburban Subur-ban property is in steady demand and agents who keep their snaps judiciously before the public gaze havenodiOiculty in disposing of theiu. The fact is that Salt Lake is a city of homes. The old settlers usually own their houses while the later arrivals aim to do the same thing. The armies of workmen who Hocked inhere within the last few years expect to stay and having cast their lot with us they take a commendable pride in rearing their own firesides. Hence the wonderful growth of Salt Lake City beyond the old limits where property is still low and hence also the extension into every directio n and far out Into the country as it were of our excellent system of street railways. On every hand there are neat and substantial cortages rising in the valley or nestling against the mountains, uuito evidences of the prosperity of modern Zion, while Interspersed here and there can be seen some handsome residences lit for the proudest families to live in. This in itself is reassuring for the future fu-ture of Salt Lake city. We have not yet touched upon tho most significant point in this connection. A population consisting con-sisting largely of --property owners is eminently a law abiding population. A city in which a fair proportion of wage earners own their own homes, is not liable to be disturbed by wanton strikes which may jeopardise this precious prec-ious boon. We may have our share of lawless elements in Salt Lake, although no more, but that consists of the driftwood drift-wood that floats in and out without taking tak-ing permanent lodging, while the great social and industrial security of this favored fa-vored place rests in the bands of that desirable cji.ueiJt.tup which seeks |