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Show pfiuT mm sooss Week Has Been High-Grade High-Grade One for Local I Merchants'. I'- IUSH, HOWEVER, IL4S NOT YET OPENED I in All Lines Are Smil- Over the Present . Conditions, is. excellent weather for .shopping," said a prominent mn last wot-it. "The sloppy 3. raw weather reminded partite par-tite young folks will require f thing3 to keep thum "warm, cntally tliey purchase many ciolh'in for inomselvcs. Tho inning to Christmas presents E course-, audthoro is tonse-iian tonse-iian tendency" to igimro arti-i arti-i common kind. Still, trade jood, and there is 'Ittl3 canso in or tli: activity in uny tbe dealers pointed out that yet a trifle early to expect r Christmas rush, which will place until tnc Just of next people are beginning to look in many of the stores. rs-ose rs-ose whero toys arc sold, there crowd from morning to night, ndows of many of the big stores jv already with docoratious and lal collection of vounr? pconlo1' is delighting themselves with the it attractive things displa.yed gnd picking out desirable pros-jr pros-jr tiimGelves and brothers and trade in shoes has stiffened con-f con-f from previous mouths, maiiilv font of the sloppy condition of cts". The cold davs. which have cd pretty regularly with Uu ones, have also attracted atln-Jthc atln-Jthc need of heavy clothing. In rry of the holidays, however. Boplc arc forgetting tho general necessities and houso furiii;V Crniture, and the like, except lor as proscnts, and thi3 has made m uch more quiet than for several if Another Increase. 5s' suits, nock ruffs, skirl? and iiave sold well, however, and the n pretty trinkets, ribbons, fine Jnntcrials for sofa billows find has increased, oven though it m uausuallv Jargo for .tho past rfour woeks. Articles for deco-n. deco-n. pyrograpbv have been cailed jroat quantities, indicating that atant pastime is attracting con-!e con-!e attention from amateurs, ns fartists. yhe hardware man was talking as. "Except for goods which Sled for presents there has boon derable falling off."' said ori re" man last week. ."'This thing Sired earlier in tho season titan 00, " ho said. which indica:.-3 a people aTe getting down to iday season in earnest.", applies generally to the retail if course, although the wholesale Ijfl. ha3 not been as largo as it bo if the distraction of the time S.was not affecting it. Tho usual bio goods have been active, r; (Iudoor goods, including box-loves. box-loves. medicine balls, chest irand all sorts of athletic goods, aid fairly well. Snowshoes and aye constituted a largo part of tk's trade, and the merry sports-is sports-is continued to purchase supplies fs'iapo of loaded sholte.f.or use. ;tho festive rabbit and the ed tribe of tho marshes. -; Call for Machinery. Sixcellent indication of future B"conditions is the call for minim; ery for future deiiv:v, which ke place as ooon us the -canyons vigable waters of fhc norm are 'Ito traffic in the spring... in J ibor irado there ln? been a slight I fpff on account of .i.hs uuf-eiU) d y. r.'.but this is uuo purely to local pns. it is said, and 'S no indf.t Tffoal situation. On the contrary, Number -nills of the Northwest Eg plans in anticipating of tho I 1. big rnsh' which will take place nap. Jwith prominent men connected c labor unions show that there ack of demand for skilled la raud the indications aro that land will increase in the soring. ;the iron workers especially, it l;tjat there is little difficulty ng f.J the mn whr desire Poland Po-land there is plenty of won: w the men until Die. first of the The outlook for the spring is t. alto, it is said, and the meli leers as well Kppear to be in t spirits over e situation, uparison of the l-iutk clearings r with the showing made a year tateresting, and indicates that r 13 n an excellent condition illy. m Talks with the leading 'elicit the information that a!-:tnere a!-:tnere has been no material in-in" in-in" tho amount of bank deposits the past few weeks, yet the de-a de-a the domand for money to loan rates slightly .easier. It is ;t,out that the tremendous build-ty build-ty of tho past summer has e hanks severely on account of pand tor cash to carry on the boss. RDcniauds from Idaho. Mition. tho rapid development ntTlT districts of Utah and tho ipr Idaho which lies near this caused a demand on the banks ?nfS tor l)u&'ucss: It has been ?i the business during tho vear 9 liVnlr" (lltrict3 haa increased Cf SPir-'vJ.tbnn tbo number of fin- '?ltltu?ns th0re' the banks if B7ai.e City have been conducting :if " : b0 ""sjnesrt required. This i : rcarded as a healthy con-K con-K EmcD it naturally strengthens l" F I - the local financial institutions and eventually attracts business here. The stock market has been unusually active during the oast week on account of the near annroach of thc end of the year, when man' of the financial institutions in-stitutions arc paying dividonds, Tho sugar stocks wore the favorites in tho trading, and considerable business was done in these eecurities. During the week the Zion 's Savings Bank ami Trust company declared an extra dividend of 4 nor cent, amounting to $5000. and making a total dividend for the vear of 24 per cent. Tho Home Firo Insurance company also dcclnred an extra dividend of 2. oer cent, making a total of 12' per cent for the entire year. Following aro the latest quotations quota-tions for local stocks and bonds Saturday: Sat-urday: Stocks and Bonds. Amnlcnmated Susar Co., pf $ US 00 Amaiwmntcd Sucnr Co.. com .... 17'no Beneflrlal "Life Insurance Co loOioo Con. V'acron & Machine Co., pfd.. 113 oc Con. "Wapon f Machine Co., com. 100.00 Commercial National bank 125 00 Deserot Xatlonnl bank 28400 Peseret Savings bank f;:!o"o6 First National bank of Ogdcn SOS ,00 Home Flr Insurnnc" Co jg,-, oo Hebcr J. Grant &. Co 130 00 T,owitoii Suear Co In" no National Bank of tho Republic,.. . 14000 Opden Sayings 'bank ''GO 00 Prove Com'l & Savings bank 14800 Rocky Mountain Bell Tel. Co 57 so State Bank of Utah 20000 Sugar City Townflto Co no'oo Thatcher Bros. Banking Co 147 00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., pfd. g'so do preferred 3 Utah National bank ""lis" 00 Utah Savings & Trust Co Uo'oo Western Loan & Savings Co 10600 ZIon's Savings Bank & Trust Co... 40000 Z. C- M. 1 201.00 BONDS. Salt Lako City Railroad 102 60 sumpter Valley railroad 10' 50 Utah County Light & Power Co... 30l'.50 Ltah Sugar Co i03.00 |