Show CONDITIONS Or BUSINESS Improvement Noted in Nearly Every Line of Trade Special sales In retail lines have been the feature of the week in business Scarcely a firm on Main slreet but Is advertising clearance sales to make room for spring stocks which arc now on the way from the manufacturers C G Billings of Bradstrcets reports that business Is in excellent condition and Is rapidly recovering from the temporary tem-porary lull thai always follows holiday holi-day trading The snowfall has helped wholesale business and large consignments consign-ments are going out dally Collections are fair The banks are on a more sound basis than perhaps ever before and there Is nothing in sight to disturb dis-turb the financial situation It Is rumored that two banks are to declare extra dividends during the coming month Yesterday the Consolidated Consol-idated Wagon and Machine company paid a quarterly dividend of 11G percent per-cent on Its preferred stock amounting to about 10000 The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company also paid a quarterly dividend of Hfc per cent amounting to SliOOOO On the loth tho State Bank of Utah and the Thatcher Bros Banking company of Logan pay dividends I Activity In local commercial securi I ties has been largely In the sugar Htoiks but with no cormplcuous changes In quotation The prices cited yesterday are as follows Descret National brink J2S300 State Bank of Utah 15110 Decrcl Savings Kink 23700 Commercial National bunk 10000 National Bank of tin Republic 120CO Ogden Flist National bank 21000 Ogden Savings bank 15000 v Aona Savings Dank and Trust Ccl 1TJCO ProVo Commercial it Savings bank 13000 Lohl Commercial Savings bank 10003 Thatcher Bras Bunking Co 11700 Z C M I 1C10C Home FIo Insurance Co 14300 Rockv MIni Boll Telephone Co 9700 Con Wagon Machine Co prcC 10000 common fr00 The Utah Sugar Co prcf 1000 common 395 Amalgamated Sugar Co prcf ISOO common 9700 Grecley Sugar Co < 11000 Provo Woolen Mills Co 7000 Bonds Church bonds lOHl Con nv Power Co 100 Salt Lake City railroad lOOJ Sumpler Valley 101 Business Notes John Dubei the tailor went East last night to buy spring goods II Harris of the Harris Furniture company has gone East on a purchasing trip I tripM M F McNamara of the Brown Terry it Woodruff store leaves this morning for six weeks In New York on a purchasing pur-chasing trip The Sharp Grocery and Supply company com-pany filed an amendment to Its articles of incorporation yesterday increasing the capital stock from 10000 to 0000 F 1 T1oircp1clI r fhn flrw Terry Woodruff company has purchased I pur-chased of Mrs Kate Burton two lots In Park View addition I Harvard avenue and Eleventh East Mr and Mrs Klelnschmldt will build a home there early In the spring |