Show Business Notes Note The bank clearings of Salt Lake are ar e running a close race these days with wih wit h the clearings of a year ago Yesterday y they were compared with wit h for the corresponding day of o f last lat year For the week just closed close d they the were ere compared with wit h for the corresponding week weel wee k of 1900 The stockholders of the Alberta Albert Land Lan d Stock company compan held their annual l meeting on Friday afternoon in this thi s city and elected el the following board of ot o f directors for the ensuing year George Georg e Romney Samuel W V Woolley Charles Charle Chares s McCarty W V J Robinson Moses W V Taylor E P Ellison Elson and Ezra Sho maker Kelsey Gillespie Glespie closed a nice e real estate deal on North Main street t yesterday by selling a lot east of W S residence to G R H Both Bothwell well wel for 1500 The former owner was vas wa s Mrs Agnes S FolsOm The lot has a frontage of feet on Main Mam lain street and an d 50 feet on un Center C The price of hams and bacon is go ing up and is now higher than it has bas ha s been for a a number of years Good ba baCQ coji is retailing at 15 cents and hams ham hamat s at 14 1 It I is predicted by dealers that tha t hams will wi go to 18 cents cent within sixty sixt y days The higher prices are said sai to t yo o be due to a shortage of the hog crop throughout the country All Al the banks bank of the city will wi be closed on Monday next Arbor day da a legal holiday in the state The busi ness houses will wi remain open all the day An A effort efort was made by some Jome members of the Retail Clerks lion tion ton to have the stores close aso on that day da but It amounted to nothing tat The contract for the electrical work on the Deseret News building has been be n let to Thomas G Allen a local elec 3 With a capital of 1000 in hi shares the Jewelry company was as organized in this city yesterday to succeed to the business conducted by b r W M 11 McConahay John Sharp is president W V M 11 vice Ice president nd manager and John Joan N Sharp secretary and treasurer |