Show COMMERCIAL STOCKS ACTIVE Marked Desire on the Part of Investors Inves-tors to Buy During the past week there has been quite a marked movement in commercial com-mercial stocks and it is very evident that the investors are rapidly getting onto the fact that Utahs financial and business institutions whose stocks are at all active are paying handsome interest on the investment The highest high-est priced stock in the market is Deseret National which is readily selling at 200 or 100 per cent above par Then comes First National Bank of Ogden at 150 or 50 per cent above par and Deseret Savings Bank at SlSn which is 35 per cent above par Z Cir C-ir I will pay its regular semiannual dividend of 4 per cent on the 5th day of May and in consequence the stock has passed the S10 mark or par and is selling at 102 A large block of the security yesterday changed hands at the price named as did also a block of First National of Ogden at 150 Utah Commercial and Savings has reached par or S100 and several transfers at that fisure were made during the week With its regular dividend coming next month State Bank is quoted at 75 with but few shares in hand The general public not being cognizant cog-nizant of the fact that its investments will for all time guarantee the regular dividend of 1 cent per cent per quarter the bears have been able to run down the price of Home Fire slightly and i the latest quotation of the stock is I 8250 Those who are Interested in seeing the security slump make use of the argument that the situation In firse insurance circles is not conducive conduc-ive to the payment of dividends but they never place before the prospective prospec-tive investors the fact that the Home Fire need not write one single policy In order to make sure of Its income for its board of directors has taken care to provide against all emergencies emergen-cies The members of the board er too wise to allow a loop hole to make its appearance |