Show I II 1 I I 1 i WILL ABOLISH r SIGNS 1k Iz I l I I Real Estate Men to Wipe Out 11 11 Sale Nuisance i I For nce i rl 1 I f 1 J f IS INJURY TO THE CITY Itr It H Business Showed Marked Improvement 1 7 tl 1l 1 l provement During Week 1 1 + I Labor Troubles Settled and Work Going Go-ing Forward on All Large 1 li Contracts Ii A movement has been started by a I p number ot real estate men to abolish I nuisance which has r the For Sale sign satcc I iI I 1 prevailed for years in this city The movement is I a result of the recent I organization of a real estate mens us l rociatlon iI Jt Is likely that a resolution will be t presented before the association lo the effect that In the future the signs 1 indicating I I in-dicating that property Is for sale be uIr abolished Jt Is generally conceded thai l 1 such signs do not Increase business and 1 I I tardy If ever are they oven instrumental instru-mental in effecting a purchase So m numerous are the signs on certain I pieces of property that the whole lot or I1r building Is plastered To visltpr3 hoC iI ho-C onlcrnplruo purchases the indications t are not encouraging I believe that a majority of the real t estate mon will agree to the proposition 1 If it Is presented ot one of our moet Ings said one of the dealers yesterday The thing has become more than a u nuisance and Is I really a detriment lo 1 I business To visitors it looks like the whole city is For Sale 1 know of II lots and houses where there are fIfteen and twenty signs of as many different I t real estate firms indicating that the N property is for sale 1 The matter of doing away w ith signs altogether was discussed at one of our preliminary meetings before II the organization was completed A great many dealers have since talked to me In regard to It and it appears that I P nueh a movement will meet with no opposition op-position whatever I There was a marked improvement In 1 I teal estate business during the past week No sales of great importance were made but numbers of small ll transactions were recorded The demand I de-mand for property J for rent Is considered con-sidered even larger than the week previous pre-vious Indication that people are more than ever desirous of purchasing residence properly became more apparent ap-parent t As a result several 1 large orders for the construction of a number of dwelling houses wore let Building throughout the city is being + l pushed rapidly Labor dissensions have hfn settled and there Is no cause for i delay In any large contracts In course of construction Altogether the past week I was regarded as satisfactory by local I i dealeis who have great hopes of the lI future in thai line |