The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-02-06
Real Estate Only Real Values.

w. b. Wedell expressed himself as
follows;
| Il have been In the real estate busi-
| ness In Ogden for twenty-one years
and must confess that we have had
our ups and downs. but during that
entire time and up until this time
have never felt so confident of tho
future OF ogden. We are now having
a good substantial, healthy growth
| Real estate values are nominnl Any
wage Garner can buy lot and build
house. a person with money can
buy and build and make good inter
est. These are the conditions that
J make cities prosperous. The large
list of working men employed by the
railroads, factories, jobbers, shippers,
etc. at this time, wouldj support an
additional population. of many thou
sand. Yes. Ogden looks mighty good
to me at this time. Our 10000 popu-
( lation club certainly outdld itself We
have 10000 population and the money
left, A good word now and then is
all that we need TO make ogden
more than prosperous city. You ask
me about real estate values? Well,
If you want to make a little easy
money, buy a piece of real estate any
where In Ogden. It's a cinch you
can't lose. The only real values we
have is lG real estate land and i'm
provements. Say do you know Weber
county's agricultural resources alone
Will support a city of $4,000 popula-
ton.
Ogden Ought to Be the City.
J. J. Brummitt. an ogden booster
of
the city. when seen, said.
ogden, today, is in much the same
position and condition that Kansas
City was twenty years ago. and ought
10 in the next twenty years increase
as much in population and wealth as
Kansas City has In the last twenty
years. Twenty years afo large area
northwest, west and southwest OF
Kansas City was supposed to be only
Indifferent grazing land. But it has
been demonstrated TO be one OF the
richest and greatest farming sections
In the United States. The contour OF
Utah is such that only a few large
cities can be built within Its confines,
and Ogden ought to be the greatest
city in Utah The construction of
railroads, the development Of irrlga-
ton projects. the bringing under cul-
tivation of vast areas Of dry land by
scientific farming, the building of car
shops and factories, the Wrestling from
the mines which lie tributary to OS-
den the untold millions which lie part
ly concealed therein, and the improve,
ment and advertising of its already
famous and widely known health and
pleasure resorts, The above. with the
development of It's many other natur
al resources and advantages. will.
within twenty years, make ogden one
OF the great cities of the Western
hall OF the United States"
J. c. Nye's Views.
]. C. Nye expressed himself as fol
lows:
IT consider the outlook good for an
active real estate market for 1910. |
have so far received more inquiries
from outside parties regarding the
price of real estate in this locality
than any previous year, largely for
small tracts of land near Ogden
There is also considerable inquiry for
Ogden real estate especially business
property, which ] consider a good in
dicatlon What we want to do Is to
drop the question of the city's indebt-
edness, which is not so very much
after all, and talk about something
pleasant, economist as much as pos
sible with retarding the growth of
the city and raise funds in the only
fair and equitable way. by tax levy
Encourage action. competition in ev
cry line Of business. and In my opin-
ion we will look back upon the rec
ord of 1910 with great satisfaction"
Big Demand for Farm Land.
Hunter & Kennedy In speaking of
real estate conditions in Ogden and
vicinity said:
There has never been a time when
there was such demand for cheap
farm land The business of farming
has been reduced more nearly to a
science than ever before People are
estimating the value of land in just
the same way that a manufacturer es-
Inmates the value of his plant. accord
Ing TO what can be produced. In these
days of high prices the estimates keep
crawling up until Sl10 an acre land
is longer an exception. 1t Is safe TO
say that 800 Is now the average price
for flrst-class farm land with water
right all through the Great Salt Lake
Valley. In localities where there are
canning factories as at Roy and Clear
field, people talk gladly of land worth
5000 and $500 per acre. Recently
tract Of unimproved land. part of an
estate. without water right. near Roy.
sold for $3.50 per acre, at public auc-
ton There are very conservative
people who insist that land at exceed
Ing 800 per acre is too valuable TO
farm in the ordinary way. They
claim that to be profitable such land
must be planted in garden truck or
orchards, but regardless OF such opln-
ions buyers are still to be found at
the increasing prices"