Show J 4 MArty M ANY OPENINGS DURING i A Merchants Begin Showing Spring Styles of All ll Kinds BUSINESS IS ONLY FAIR PROSPECTS FOR COMING SEASON INDICATE A RECORD BREAKER Trade conditions throughout the country are good Manufacturing ng establishments are busy and work Is plentiful This condition of affairs is exemplified in Salt Lake and vicinity better than In most any other part of the union While some of the retailers are complaining of the lateness of the season sayIng that the heavy snow snowfalls falls faHs and bad weather of the past few weeks has had a tendency to keep back their spring trade others are telling of good showIngs and fine prospects The past week has been one of retail spring openings in Salt Lake Every dry goods house in the city has had a special spring opening day The amount of trading has been above the average for that reason Dry Goods Offerings Dry goods offerings for the coming eason are prettier than ever before Soft giving a clinging effect are being shown in great profusion White and cream white gowns will be stylish this season The quality of all goods good goodis is high grade Prices are rather high as well velI This is said to be occasioned ty y tile the shortage in te the wool cUp clip Wool ha has gone up 5 per cent since te the first of the year ear making finished wool woolen en fabrics cost proportionately more than heretofore tan The millinery shopkeepers put in lat last week getting ready for the get great spring rush Al All windows are ful full of beautiful that creations The shopkeepers state from present Indications the coming seaon season wi will be a record breaker Stands High in Clearings Agin Again Sal Salt Lake stands ner near te the hed head of the list in the mater matter of increase in bank clearings From the report reports re received received yesterday Sat Salt Lk Lake is second In InthE Inthe thE the list with an increase of per ent Te The total clearings amounted to Sette Seattle Wash h sti leads SaI Salt Lake by a fairly large margin That Sal Salt Lake shoud should continue to be one of the leers leaders in b bank clearings in increase crease rease is a significant fact fact I It shows it Is sid said tat that this city is one of the strong tron and gowIng growing financial centers The immense amount of work going on around the city that is the building of smelters ad and get great reduction works plays ah important part art in the bank showIng howing However when the construe ton tinT work ceases there wil will be an army of workmen to take the places of the i ila la laborers borers now doing the construction I work This wi will have the direct tend I to keep bank clearings lare large Real Estate Market Dull Dul Real estate men have complained a little during te the pat past week oi account of the smal small number of sales consummated mated There have been a great num number number I ber of o inquiries but few deals have been consummated The weather weather has not had much to do wih this sudden slump In realty dealings for Old Sol has Ims been giving iving Salt Lakers plenty of reason to beleve believe that he realy really exists The brokers are re not quie quite sure a as to the cause ause of te the slump lost of them attribute i It to the fact that March is in the nature of being between seasons The spring sprin rush for home homes has not yet begun and the winter demand is pat past Several business properties are under by investors according to report report The demand for furnished houses is owing growing wi with the coming of spring TourIsts are beginning to wend their way westward many of them stopping here The tourist travel tose those who rome ome west for a st stay of several weeks or months ae are the one ones who occupy most of the smal small furnished apart apartments apartments ments and hous houses AU All classes of rental 4 property are in demand i It is sid said Boot and Shoe Trade Boot ad and ShO shea men are re not experienc experiencing ing any get great trade at t present I It Is Iset yet et too early for spring and summer shoes and a little late to sel sell much heavy winter footwear Rubber Rubbers are not selling well Within a few weeks conditions In the shoe maket market wI will change hange It Is believed for most ever every everyone I one wi will lay off hIs winter boots for lighter spring and summer one ones The good season is still before him Hardware men are smiling agin again The opening of spring Is the siga signal for forthe forthe the beginning ot of active residence con construction This mens means that hardware especially builders hardware wi will be in demand from now nov on Prom rom the pros prospective ros a amount of wor work to be done in aU all lne lines of construction the comIng seasons business wl will be one of get great gratification to hardware delers dealers Farming implement implements are beginning to gow grow in demand Several dealers elers re report report port that from present prospects more faring farming tools and implements wf will be besold besold sold than at any time In te the past de de eade cade The report reports show that the wIn wInter winter ter wheat crop is safe Plenty of snow has pied piled up In the mountains during thE the pat past several months to warrant te the statement that water for Irrigation work wi will be abundant This means that crops wi will be large The implement Implement ment men will l share wih with the farers farmers a gOod year yea Wholesale Markets Wholesale grocers report tat that coun country country try merchant merchants are beginning to replenIsh Ish theIr stocks Al All trains ging going out of Salt Lake for the countr country district distrIcts are laden wit with groceries and provisions to meet this demand The commercial stock and bond mar market market ket ha has been fairly fairly active during te the past week Sale Sales have not been numer ns fliS but the inquires inquiries Indicate a lively Interest In local securities Consolida Consolidated ted ed Wagon and Machine stock was one onet of t the h heaviest sellers of the pt past week are the latest quotations o on local stocks and bonds Amal Amalgamated ate SU Sugar Co pM Sg Sugar Co o 1725 Beneficial Life Insurance Co Ramee Barnec Co Pone Con W Co pfd 1 5 on W M r C Co commo common National Bank Despret Deseret X National tonal Bank mI Savings bAk 4 Tvis County bank 1 wrt haT hank Oden f First bank Murray 1 National bank Inn Howe Henie Fir C Co Su Suga a Cl Co ThI Cow Coni Sovino e e 1 f N t Think of th the Republic Ogden Saving Savings ba bank bankI H I Provo C Coin m b H Rocky Mountain Ben Bell TelCo 9 5 State Bank of Uth Utah 20 Sugar City Tow Town C Co IfO th Sugar Co pfd Utah Sugar Co common Co Thatcher Bros Banking Co Utah National bank Western eter Idaho Sugar Co Zions Saving Savings Bank Trust CO 00 2130 2100 Z C lr if i 1 0 BOND BONDS Church S L C P R S L Ie C R it R B 2nd Valey Valley R It R H 00 Uth Utah Co L P Co |