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Show iissis I iCH BETTER lake Dealers So I Declare. jyers Spending Money Ihore Freely Th?.n Year Ago. SI S ir? lernl Business Conditions Are on IfaLthe Up Gnide- Better Ton U In R?al Estntc. iir I Bl ft very f. exceptions retail deal-os deal-os an far thla a Lli s 2 Co- r - nnd batter ,th ' ' I t nlmoualy 11 1 lie lui in. , Hons Fun : in Demand. d S f 1 1 er 1 t!e lti In. There la also n. demand for a better grado of goods. Last week'a business busi-ness In this store waa better than for the preceding week. Dry Goods Trade BetteT. The tains of the week affected the dry go'Kls business unfavorably. Some bouses Pity that (h demand Is Letter than a year ago and others that It Is about the same, tin" large' emporium gives out tho statement state-ment that tho week beforo last waa the. beat in Ita history. "Wash goods, laces I and roady-madoa ara moving with Increased In-creased momentum. Tho Easter trade is beginning and promises to bo better than the average lunillllncry and dress goods. B tter ather foreshadows an increase in purchases for buyers are liberal. Clothing and Shoes. A prominent elealcr In men's and boys' clothing declares that the month of March was Car ahead of the same month a year ago. Ho fir.ds that his patrons aro spending spend-ing raoaay much mor freely and not pricing so carefully. Ho considers tho outlook for spring trade splendid. . Jn shoes alone trade seems to be exces- alelv I 1 1 1 . At one- si..(.: It was stal-l the t ' fl.illv sales were I" r tent. U-?s than for the same time laat year. As a rule conference week was better than last week. Tourist Business Falls Off. Tourist and commercial business at the hote !- la Hardly up to .the standard of a year ago. Commercial travelers, however, how-ever, are making no complaints and seem to bo getting plenty of orders The mil-llnerv mil-llnerv sal snvn have done i mperially well and "the elothlng salesmen are coming on In a few days. It wns sall yesterday at one of tho lnrce grocery stores that tho business was below be-low that of last year, hut better last week than the week beforo with encouraging encour-aging prospects for the spring. I Increased Orders for Jobbers. Increased orders are reported by the lobbing concerns, tho Increase being ' largely due to the growth Of their ter- ritory. In hardware there Is a growing demand from the new settlements in Idaho and the country In southwestern Utah along the San Pedro. Business Is looming to Salt Uiko In this line that formerly went direct to eastern wholesalers. whole-salers. A local Wholesale hardware house presents figures showing a 25 per cent. Increase In-crease over 19M. In Real Estate World. J Trading In real estate is still larking. I but a mueh better tne is noticeable. In-I In-I quirles are more frequent ami much at-1 at-1 tr illion la being directed to business prop- erty along Slato street. Tho presence of I many capltallsta from Los Angeles and Denver Is a hopeful sign, as they have money flekinjc liivcsUnnt anel e-nn hardly I nl ;iwa- from tho advantages offvrvd by I this city and State Utah Rich State. Ttuh should become the ridltat of all states in the Union as sho baa moro natural resources thnn any other Stao- in tho Union. Tho mountains give forth minerals of all descriptions gold, silver, lead, coppor, . coal, soda, sulphur, salt, asphalt, elatlrite, ffilsonite, asbestos, any kind of building stone and lay for making mak-ing the flnejit of brick of dlfferfiU colors. Ther Is no state whleh has richer vallcs and that will proeluco more grain to tho acTO thnn in tho Stato of Utah Here in tin valleys below tho snow clad peaks, Is raised peaches, p-ars, apricots, plums, prunes, cherries, strawberries, nnd all kinds of small f-ult3. Tho sugar beet thrives well and the sugar output last year amounted to 60,000,000 pounds. Wheat, bar ' . 'ai and Ilicern grow to perfection and yield abundantly. Has Italian Climate. In addition to tho agricultural and mineral min-eral resources of Utah, sho has an Italian climate which makes her tho greatest natural sanitarium In America. Southern Utah hns a ellnate similar to southern California, while Halt Lake City, the capital cap-ital and largest city, fourteen miles from Great Salt Uako with an elevation of 4-00 feet, has canyon and lako bre. zi h which temper tho summer heal nnd make tho climate tho year around most delightful. Besides having such delightful climate. Salt Lake City Is an eelucatlonal center anel a city of homes and with h-r wonderful won-derful resources mining, manufacturing, agriculture, health and pleasure resorts and being centrally located in the Inter-mountaln Inter-mountaln country with three new railroads rail-roads now building to the city, she will he one cf tho largest railroad centers In this western country and a great metropolis metrop-olis with a population of 160,000 hy i'm7 The future has never looked so bright for Salt Lake City Local Stock Market. Th attk on tho local Imlu.-trlal nnd com-lie com-lie Kin I siock market was quiet and closed on the following eu'iiatlons; Amalsaniali'J Suear Co.. preferred JIM Or) comi'ton 194.00 Km in-- Banking ,,.. Kuysviiie lao.iw Cone. Wagon' & Machine Co., preferred. 100.00 common 7S.0O Deai t National nank 2S3 oo Deaortt Saving Itank xw 00 U'ni County Bonk. Erarmfngton. i).'0 I'lrNt NalK i.al Hank, KI n U' W First National Itank. Murray 115.00 Fremont County Sunar Co 12.20 Home Fire Insurance Co ISO 00 Iduho Sugar CO 12.20 L'-wlstrin Sugar Co 12.70 Lahl H.uik lis. DO Notional Hank of tho R"rublle IK 00 Ogden Savings Itank lftj.no Provo Com. & Saving Hank 140.00 Rocky aft. Bcti Telephone Co. 91.00 State Itank if Utah 167 00 Sugar City Townslto Co 150.00 The Utah Sugar Co., preferred 10.55 common 7 05 Thatcher Hr .a H.-m'Mig e.'o , Ixignn 12.00 ( 'tali National Hank 127.50 Zion's Savings Hunk & Trust Co 155.00 Z. C. M. 1 167 EO BONDS. Church 101 Salt I-akf Mly Railroad 102 Sumrtr Valley Railroad 103 Utah County Lhtht & Power Co 100 Dank Clearings Ranking circles have been much Interested In the outcome of tho e-ontest by various In-rtltutlons In-rtltutlons for rnisfiexslon of the Wolla-Fargo hui-lm ss. However, a reduction In the number num-ber of banks will accrue to the benefit of all concerned. Tho clearings for tho lest week amounted to J3, l.v,Mfl. n gaJn of 20.:, per cent over th tiuslness for tho corresponding week a year ago. |