Arizona republican., 1920-07-05
A Furry In Real Estate

There was wild excitement among 1ne In habitants of Montezuma Heights, q suburban district east of the city, me other morning. It spread through adjacent districts. The real estate market, which had been moving up ward very rapidly, appeared to have 1V1ated over night All the natives wanted to list their property at once and invest the proceeds in yachts, lmousines and diamonds. On a small tract of land fronting on Van Buren was a newly painted sign of a real estate agent who for some months had had another sign on the same tract The legend was something as follows: This lot, frontage of 125 feet, $37 ,0OO with only $7,0o0 down. Close to school Nobody previously had had the nerve to ask more than $500 to $1,000 for a lot in that vicinity. What had hap pened? And also where was the near by school to which reference was made on the sign?
 The real estate agent was called up and asked if he wanted other listings on the same terms IL required a good deal of conversation to let him under stand what had happened at Monte zuma Heights. Finally the thing was strengthened out This agent had had for a long time a real estate sign painted there. It had become weather worn and indistinct and he had left an order with painter to bring it in
 
 legend than that relating to the lands of MonteZuma Heights. Then the painter was instructed, when the sign got dry, to take it to a certain piece of inside property which the agent had recently listed. The painter for got that part of the instructions and returned the sign to the place from Which he had taken it.
 = With this explanation land values about Montezuma Heights gracefully --1r H<~ ~-T I all orders for yachts, limousines and diamonds were counrermanded-
 A Feat In Crawling
 Settling many side bets and numer- GUS speculations. Sterling Price of Phoenix the other day crawled through two miles of 1S-inch concrete pipe in 15 hours. The trip was not made however, to settle the bets that the feat could not be accomplished in less than three weeks, Lut was the only method by which MT. Price was able to inspect the new sewer line recently laid in Globe
 When the city of Globe began the construction of the line, the council men then in office had charge of the work and when the line was complet- cd. they approved the job and the con crete pipe was covered over
 Then a new council came into office before the new sewer line was put into use and the first thing it did was to make a tour of inspection, looking. among other things, into the opening of the new sewer pipe. The council men noticed a large amount of mois- ture the inside of the pipe and re- fused to let tke line be used until it was further inspected.
 They wired to Avery Thompson, city manager of Phoenix, for advice, and, if possible, they wanted him to secure an inspector for them. Mir. Thompson wired back that he had a man for the Job. but he would require $500 and ex- penses for the work Three days later Globe wired 10 send him on, and MT. Price went to inspect the pipe.
 He returned with the bacon" but minus a large quantity of rind that had formerly been attached to his knees and elbows.
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