Show SALT LAKES BOOM what mayb considered a boom by salt lake real eat agents is a species of whole pah robber f the poor nothing more nothing IP and people who have sold hard earned possessions are beginning to find it out alio in a recent article clearly states alie position when it frays what does the real estate furore amount to anyway at alie present of affairs it means eliat there is going on in thid city a species of gambling eliat may rio i step above alie common vice of throwing dice and manipulating cards but not largely beyond what h denominated stock gambling it is the bulk of business in that line to r farence is now male and not the small percentage of ire nuino real estate transactions bulling and bearing is about as lively in this city with a numerous class clas s as in a stock one of the mammoth cities of country fishers and are diio city the oba eo being dimply the discovery of owners of realty who can be cajoled tempted QT persuaded into placing their property in the fiands of a trader in real estate and to some extent to our personal information a trader on the ignorance of some of the people A sum is fixed upon for property it H not immediately purchased but an amount running all the way from ten dollars t several hundreds is given tc hold the owner to the bargain while in most instances alie latter also signs an agreement to gi 0 a deed a specified time alie having found game nest hunts for a purchaser if he succeeds lie manages to make out of the transaction a round sum frequently running up into the thus the original owner dumps a large portion of his property into the pockets of the shrewd and sometimes over scrupulous middleman A reviewing the situation writes dearly every man givlio wants to earn a little money now easily thinks it hig duty to sell a piece of land cither of his own or belonging to somebody else so he hires a buggy and invites a likely purchaser to go with him and look at the lots on the bench the livery men are making something out of alie boom and evidently enjoy the crae equally with tb regular boquist city property especially in certain localities has gone up steadily during the last month several have been offered 1000 on a bargain of indale of a week land bought for 15 an acre and not yet paid for has gone up to 50 35 being offered and not taken |