The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-27
SALT LAKE LEADS
IN HOME OWNING
No Other City Where So Few
Citizens Pay Rent to
Landlords.
OBEY ADVICE OF CHURCH
EXAMPLES SET MANY YEARS
AGO HAVE BEEN EMULATED.

Salt Lake has a greater proportion of
home owners than any other city in the
United States of 10000 population or
over. is the opinion expressed By NJ
S. Woolley of futile Brothers company
yesterday. Los Angeles claims to be
the banner city OF the country for it's
homecoming population, but, whatever
the proportion of people in that city who
own their homes, l believe that Salt Lake
has it beaten at least 20 per cent.
ITO get exact figures on the PROPOSE
ton would require a canvass of the city
Even from the tax records such infor-
nation could not be obtained, except in
an incomplete manner. 1 think that il
VIII be found upon inquiry among real
estate dealers and others cOnversant with
residence property in Salt Lake and other
cities Of the country that the general
opinion will be that this city leads the
United States in its homecoming pOpu-
latiOn.
This condition is due primarily to the
fact that it is a matter of tradition with
the people of Salt Lake to own their
homes. It is not that they are better
off in the worlds good on the average
than the people of other cities in the
country, even though this might be true
From the time that the pioneers en-
tered Salt Lake valley in July, 1S47, to
the present, the members Of the Mormon
church have been advised by their lead
ers to own their homes. This was preached
orally needed. At the present time there
are hundreds Of the old original home
sites to be found in the city. In most
Of the cases the property has been hand
ed down from generation to generation.
1.-THE owning Of their homes has actu-
ally become q habit with Salt Lake peo-
pie generally. The example set many
years ago has been followed down to the
present, by those who have come from
other states of the Union and from for
eign countries, as well as BY those who
were born and raised here.
I'm making a canvass of the city, ] be-
lieve that it would be found IN the pure
ly residence districts that about 70 per
cent of the people in every block owned
the homes they were living in. This is,
Of course, only a guess based on Obser-
yations made in the handling Of real es-
tate, but / do not think it is far from
the actual figures.
THE tenant proposition has almost been
eliminated entirely from the new subdi-
visions. that are adding their quota of
homes to the number in Salt Lake. For
the most part the lots in subdivisions
and additions have been purchased by a
class of people who are DESTROYS Of own
ing their homes, and who purchased the
lots with the idea of having homes erected
for them, usually on the temperament
plan.
''The stability OF a population the great
er part of which own their homes must
be apparent to every one. I believe that
in such a city will be found the highest
type Of citizenship. Such people are per
manent fixtures; they are not here today
and gone tomorrow. AS a general thing
of civic Improvement and take whole
some pride in the city where they own
a plot of ground and a house to shelter
them