Show HELD IN OGDEN SINCE DA DAYS VS OF DOOM BOOM Purchasers Pu l Cl ill iii in II c c t ic Days First to Send Tax Tax Checks Ta Tar payment checks from many mony distant points received by County Treasurer David fd W W. Evans I disclose that scores of former residents of Og Og- Ogden Ogden Og- Og Ogden den have faith that the building lots purchased in the boom days of 35 years ago arc worth holding year ear after year ear C The treasurer points out that the faith of ot some of these boom time pur pur- purchasers purchasers purchasers chasers has been rewarded in the rapid rise 01 ot 01 land prices as cs the city's residence district reached out towards the mountains FIRST TO PAY y Many of the purchases of property date back to the tile real estate boom days das of 1893 and 1894 Mr Ir Evans said but the owners pay the taxes prompt prompt- promptly Iy ly each year giving evidence do not intend to give up In fact Mr Evans said payments on property prop dating back to the boom days das are oft oft- often often often en the first received each fall fail after the tile notices arc are mailed out In Itt the boom days das many additions and subdivisions were wera established and lots iota sold like hot cakes Some lots were sold Mr Evans said which even today seem a n long way from the tile de development de de- development n area arca However other sec see sections sections have become exclusive resi real residential residential districts and the lots have jumped In ill value alue es IS high at to per pr cent and ond netted the owners nice profits The majority of checks which arrive today are arc for payments on lots still sUll far from developed sections section some be being be- be beIng beIng ing near the mouth of Ogden can can- yon yen Many Mony of the lots are still sUH as assessed as- as assessed assessed at only 10 25 5 or 40 and the annual payments amount to less leS- than 1 SI One check recently received was ns for 42 cents as the tax payment upon a 0 foot 25 lot SMALL SMAIL CHECKS It was a. a estimated Saturday that at least 00 tax checks arrive arrhe each year from tonI former residents re or per per- persons persons I sons who invested In Ogden real es estate es- es estate estate I tate during he boom davs data and ond ha e haet tenaciously t hung hun onto the t e property for nearly 30 years ears bv by paving the taxes Man Many of these have failed to finn find any sale for but still hope that eventually they will pr pr- I from small investments by selling out Mr Evans Evons cited portions of the thO cast bench henell ruch ritch as the Oak Crest and Denver Place which years cars ago aeo were considered as out In the country and doubt was e that a house houss would ver be b lt there These lots I IS at one on time sold for tiny liny sums as as low 10 lowas lowas as 25 EXAMPLES EXA CITED A glimpse of or th th records record today show that lots in Oak Crest Crast Cra t park are valued d das as high hl h as by the county assessor which of course 13 is a low tow valuation as with the tile actual sale value There are arc scores of lots hots there valued at between am and and the lowest valuation Is A group troup of five lots l ts In the thO Denver Place addi addi- addition addition i tion were valued this th vear year at 1200 and none lc Je les s than I The cast bench bi district has devel devel- developed developed so that the day boom buyers may mav still be well boom for investments Investment It If they will but wait walt waita walta a little longer It seems I |