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Show MANY DEALS IN REAL ESTATE. ( The big real estate deal of last week, by which the Utahna Drug store corner was transferred to Dr. Ezra Rich for $60,000, is one of many deals which have been pending for some time and which promise to stir the city into new energy and greater prosperity. pros-perity. The sale of the Spargo property, north of the Utahna Drug store, for $15,000, means much. The Peery Estate is said to be back of the purchase but there is talk of outside capital playing an important im-portant part in improving that section of Washington avenue. There is a prospective sale of property, involving the expenditure expendi-ture of a larger sum of money than has been expended on any one structure in this city. If the deal is consummated, Ogden will rival Salt'Lake in building construction, other than that of "skyscr aping. There is more building in eight now than at any time in years. There is only one uncertainty in connection with this expansion of the city. Owners of unimproved real estate may get the fever and begin be-gin to place prohibitive values on their holdings. Those who have held property for years without keeping pace with the advancement of the city, should either reverse their policy of inaction and do some improving or open the way for others to improve their property. |