Show SNOW BETTERS TRADE Cool Weather Causes Activity Activ-ity jn Retail Business LOCAL STOCKS ARE FIRM Satisfactory Business In All Merenn tile Lines In Salt Lake With Prospects Pros-pects for Good Holiday Trade Ad vanco In Price of Sugar Sends Op Stocks of Local Companies Real Estate Market Uneventful but Good Prices Are Maintained Bank Clearings Larger Than Last Year Cold weather l the snowfall o Friday Fri-day brought joy to the hearts of business busi-ness men in every line of trade as well as to the owners of caLtle and sheep Thfe change weather was attended by a marked activity In all sorts of winter goods and largo quantities of heavy clothing blankets stoves etc were transferred to consumers The trade In oysters and fish also received an 1m petus I Otherwise the business of the past week was about as usual and few complaints com-plaints were heard among the merchants mer-chants Holiday articles beginning to appear In the shop windows and the first signs of the Christmas trade are observed Collections are better than they were two weeks ago when payments pay-ments of taxes were being made and there is every indication that December vlll exceed November In the amount of business transacted The week was marked by a sensational sensation-al advance of 60 cents In the price of sugar which had the effect of increasing increas-ing by about 90000 the value of the Utah Sugar companys stock on hand with the result that the companys stock rose from 51440 to 1525 a share The other sugar companies of course shared in the same benefit Commodities I Commodi-ties remain about the same as last week except butter which dropped from 25 to 27 cents a pound 11 The payment of Interest on church bonds and Descret National bank stock distributed 55000 In cash to holders of these securities Locar stocks In general gener-al were maintained at a high level of prices with but little disposition on the part of the holders to sell Real estate Is still comparatively quiet and the only notable transfer of the week was the sale of the Peyton residence by Hal Brown to W H Mc Intyre Several minor sales of residence property were recorded The real estate situation Js thussumined up by a local dealer Following a summer of extraordinary extraordi-nary activity in real estate the market now appears dull and Jlstless but there is no indication of any lowering In nrln > K Tho if nt iu h i f w HVIUta VI JrlJp erty In Salt Lake do not have to sell and they are In nowise anxious to get rid of their possessions The time was when propertyowners had large sums borrowed from Eastern capitalists but that time has gone by At present mort gaged homes are rare and what little money Is needed la obtained right here at home The apparent dullness of the market Is In fact an evidence of the confidence of Salt Lake PEople In the future of the city |