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Show ASSESSOR NOW PROPOSES TO GET REAL BUSY. It is a "real mean" trick that the Assessor is said to propose to play certain real estate owners in Salt Lake. As is very generally known, many owners of property in the city have been jumping up -the price of their holdings about every fifteen minutes since outsiders out-siders and others have shown an inclination to buy and now it is proposed that the city and county shall profit by the "greatly increased" in-creased" values. " . Ilere is one case exactly in point: Some weeks ago a holder of a desirable piece of property listed it with a real estate dealer at ?130,000. The real estate man soon found a purchaser, but when he went to the owner of tho property that worthy threw up his hands and said: "Why, my friend, I cannot let that property go now for less than $150,000. Don't you know that real estate is booming?" The real estate man was sore, as he had a right to be, and other real estate men, who have had similar experiences during the past few weeks, are also sore. Of course, the real estate men haven't said anything to the Assessor about the matter, but it is understood un-derstood that the Assessor "will see about values" when the proper time comes. |