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Show Rushing Summer Business Keeps Up Remarkably Well the Past Week. REAJi ESTATE CONTINUES ACTIVE AND PROFITABLE Bank Clearings Increase; Plenty Plen-ty of Money Held by Financial Finan-cial Houses. Last week's heavy rains did not seem to affect in any great degroo tho unusual un-usual run of retail businoss which has gladdonod Salt Lako merchants all summer. .Business men report that trade has kept up in all lines and added moro to the volumo of prosperity which Zion is enjoying for the first timo in man' years. For this season of the yoar real estate es-tate has been more activo than usual, a greuter amount of property bavin-been bavin-been sold than in the corresponding Ecriod of last year. Mnny prospective ttyers from out of town wore shown around by local dealers, and a numbor of deals for theso outsiders aro in contemplation, con-templation, while several wero closed. A very active demand has been noticeable no-ticeable for cottages, and it has practically prac-tically boon impossible to supply all who aro clamoring for homes. It has been eas' for dealers to dispose dis-pose of attractive bargains in business busi-ness buildings, tho speculative feature being evident in a numbor of transactions. transac-tions. Real Estate Salos. Building was retardod to somo extent ex-tent by rains in tho middlo of tho week, but operations wore rosumod Friday and yesterday, and this week tho sound ol tho hammer, saw and trowel will again bo heard all over tho city. Tho Anderson Real Estate Investment Invest-ment company report tho following salos for tho past week: No. 5L'3 East Sixth South street, owned by Richard E. Rogers, sold to Cr. F. Hicks a mine promoter from Bullfrog, iNov., for $4S00; No. 626 Sixth East street, owned by Ben Birkinshaw, was sold to Bello Ownes of Rawlins, Wj-o., a mino and live stock owner, for S3S50; No. 712 South Ninth East street, owned by J. C. McCrea of Pocatollo, Ida., was sold to B. W. Deason, an assayer with tho Western Ore Separating company. The firm has nlso sold to Richard E. Rogers Rog-ers of tho firm of Finch, Rogors 7b Mulvey Co., tho corner of Sixth South and Fifth East streets, 4114x110 feet, on which he intends to erect one of tho most modern cottages in tho southeastern south-eastern part of the citv, to cost between be-tween $4000 and $5000. Wholesale dry goods men aro put to the test these" days filling orders received re-ceived from the country and jobbers in tho larger towns. Wholesale clothing merchants aro doing a good business in fall goods, and the shoo trade has been quito activo for this season of the year. Doposit3 Increase. Bankers report an increase in deposits, depos-its, and the monej' rate steady. Even' local bank has a good supply of funtfs on hand. , Following are the Salt Lake bank' clearings for the week ending August 25, 1906: h 1006. t905. August 20 5 320,638.15..$ 000,186,13 August 21.... 80-1,716.11 784.110.76 August 23.... 840,428. 7C 847,074.00 August 23. .. . 818,521.41 C33.272.28 Aueu.it 24 583,30 1.36 601,551.81 August 'J5. .. . 626,046.04 475,780.50 Totols .. ..$4,601,652.33 $4,832,603.64 IncronsQ. . . .$268,658.70. i Local stocks movd sluggishly last week, Consolidated Wagon and Mnchino Co. preferred and Utah Sugar preferred being tho most active. It is reported that recent storms will add hcuvib to the beet tonnago, and estimates of crops aro being increased. Utah Sugar bonds will bo quoted ox-coupon on September Sep-tember 1. Following aro the latest quotations: Stocks. Amalgamated Sugar Co., pfd $101.00 do common 175.00 Boneftclnl Lifo Insurance company.. 03.00 Brinies Banking Co., Knysvillo 130.00 Con. Wagon & Machine Co., pfd.. . . 110 .00 do common 104.00 Commercial National bank 130.00 Dosotct National bonk . . . 30-1.00 Dvaorot Savings bank -185.00 Davis County bank, Furmington. . . . 125.00 First National bank, Ogden 310.00 First National bunk, Alurray 130.00 First National bank, Logan 100.00 Homo Fire Insuranco compauy 175.00 Lewiston Sugar company 11.30 Loiii Com. & Savings bank 126.00 National Bank of tho Republic. ..... 145.00 Ogdon Savings bank 225.00 Provo Com. fc Savings bank 148.00 Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co.. 80.00 Silver Bros.' Iron Works Co 100.00 Statu Bank of Utah 202.00 Srigar City Townsitn company 153.00 The Utah Sugar company, pfd 0.85 do common 2.20 The Idaho Sugur compauy 8.15 Thatcher Bros. Banking Co., Logan. . 186.00 Utah County Light & Power company 1.00 Utah National bank 150.00 Utah. Savings & Trust company 102.00 Western Idaho Sugar company..... 9.15 Zion's Savings Bank & Trust Co.... 211.00 Z. O. M. 1 202.50 Bonds. Church , . 101 Salt Lake City Railroad 101 do Ond mortgage lOOri Suraptor Valley Railroad 102 Utah County Light & Power company. 103 Utah Sugar company ' 104 |