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Show EXCHANGE CLOSES THE WEEKSTHQNG Small Number of Securities Hold Attention of the Brokers. COLUMBUS CON. STILL GOING UP IN PRICE Heavy Sales in Carisa at Advanced Ad-vanced Figure Recorded; Ontario Rallies. The local stock exchange closed the week ending December 9 In a much stronger condition than the transactions of the early part of the week Indicated it would do. Instead of breaking record, the transactions each day, for the most part, were normal, with tho result that the general tono of the market has Improved Im-proved The transactions for tho last week exceeded those of the previous week by a little less than $25,000. The bidding and trading at tho half-day session ses-sion of tho board Saturday was qulto lively, and tho transactions for the day amounted to 2S,A shares or $11,267.58. those for th week amounted to 253,372 shanjs or $97 313 14. Day of Specialties. On the whole, the brokiTs gave their attention at-tention to specialties at the half-day session ses-sion Saturday Columbus Consolidated had the brokers stepping lively In their efforts to get hold of It, and consequently the bidding wua lively, the price steadily advancing ' as the trading continued. In all, IS shares of tho stock changed hands. The first lot of 200 shares was disposed of at $3.23. 7 cents higher than the price obtained at the Friday session. Tho ox.-haiik'e of thlo lot started the trading, and tho bidding Immediately be-Came be-Came Interesting. The highest price obtained ob-tained for the security was $3.01. und the n tho stock dropped slightly, tho selling price closing the day at $3.29. Carisa Is Active. In peMnt of sales, Cartas made the best showing on tho board Saturday, 12. C 0 shares changing hand: during the session ses-sion The opening bidding price for the stock was 21 cents, but none of It was obtained at that figure, The first lot went at 2ivt cents, and the last lot sold, lOySOO Sh&reSi was disposed of at 23 cents. Providing a general unloading does not occur Monday, it Is more than probable that Carlsa will go still higher in the bidding, as reports from the mine are to the ffect that conditions were n-ver as satisfactory as at present". Ontario Rallies. Ontario rallied somewhat In the hldding price Saturday, and it Is generally predicted pre-dicted that the security will soon begin a climb similar to that which occurred the early part of the Week, when the brokers all Joined In a mad rush for It. The set ill Ity opened the board Saturday at f : "i bid. 60 cents belter than tho figure offered Frlela No shares, however, were thrown on the market, the asking price remaining steady at $4.60. The closing quotations of the Saturday session follow . Rid. jAsked AJax $ .1814 $ 204 Allco 1.00 Boston Con 25.00 I. 25 Bullion-Beck 1.00 1.37 Beck Tunnel 24 .35 Butler-Liberal 10 10 Carlsa . ...x 21 .2t Ccn. Mercur S3 .60 Century 10 Creole. 30 Daly 1.&0H i.M Duly-Judjre 7 50 7 75 Daly West 17.50 19J09 EhrIo & Hluo Bell .'. 1.0J Galena IS Grand rontral 3.10 3.10 Goldflcld Bonanza 05 Hem Silver 1 35 1.91 Inpot 0114 -02 Jim Butler , .61 .66 Jon Bowers 02 V4 .04 i.lttle Bell 9.19 3.40 Little Chief 02 .03 Lower Mammoth ISSi .38)fc Mentnnn-Tonopah 5 33 2.40 Mammoth 1 .20 May Day ... .12 MacNamsra 85 .41 New York , . .. 1SU .18 Ontario 3.00 4 50 Petro i... .10 r.le:hmon.1 Anaconda 0 OSS Swansea 40 .75 Sacramento ' Wfc .1014 Silver King 50 00 Star Con 12H .19 Silver Shield 19 .20 Tonopah 13.75 14.ro Tonopsh Belmont 1.1214 1 "5 Tonopah Extension 6.25 6 0") Tnopah Midway . . . 1 47i 1.55 Tetro 07 .074 United States 39.50 40. CO Uncle. Sam Con 3814 ,39 Utah 60 .65 Victoria 170 19". Victor Con 0314 Wabash 100 iw Yankee Con 30 34 Black Jack 40 1.C0 Km-e-uM . . ' |