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Show HE 'HSB fOR H PITCH BOUGHT. $3500 HOUSE "Gimme a match, please," said a 'well-dressed . stranger Wednesday noon to Howard M- Stowe of the real estate ,flrm of Stowe & Palmer, West Second South street. Stowe was on a street corner waiting for a car. The stranger got the match. Then the two men strolled up the street, each made himself known to the other, oth-er, and the first thing Stowe knew he had an appointment with the stranger to look at some property. "I'm a stranger here," said the latter. lat-ter. "This town looks good to me. I'd like to live here. Suppose you get a rig and take rnjr wife and myself out to see the town." Sfowe showed the stranger the town. They rode through the beautiful residence resi-dence district, and inside of four hours Stowe had closed a deal to sell the stranger the house of H. O. Young now of Park City, on the northeast corner of Fifth ana L streets for $3500. This real estate deal was one of the Quickest on record. It emphasizes this actv All that is necessary in order to accomplish a sale of Salt Lake City property is to let a stranger see the town. One day's visit is sufficient to convince the average man that it is a mighty good town to live in. and to tie to. ( And it behooves the resident to treat with courtesy any man who chances to ask him for a match or who engages him in a casual conversation. He may be his next deor neighbor and one of the most enthusiastic boosters of the city tomorrow. |