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Show Activity Is Proportionate to In-1 In-1 crease in Population and Prosperity. MONEY CONDITIONS A HE ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY H 1 Building Operations Hare Un-H Un-H j dergone No Change; Mer- H chants' Cut-Pricc Sales. Tlio past. week's business was again J typical of the summer season, for there A was no marked fluctuation in any lino H of trade, .and tho activity in all Hr?1 branches, when compared with formor yf'l years, was proportionate to iho increase jfj in population and tho comparative gen- H I oral prosperity. In the mercantilo linos H the traffic is confinod entiroly to sum-mer sum-mer wares, and tho demand last week, H considered in its entirety, was much H heavier than that of tho proccding H week. This is due largely to the lact that many of tho large stores are now H holding their annual "midsummer sales. Conditions on the local monoy mar- ket were entirely sctisfactory during tlin week, as thcro was a heavy demand , for loans, an ample supply of money H and a considerable increase in the clear-I clear-I ings when compared with tho corre- I I , spending period of last year. Interost j I 1 rates remain unchanged. Tlie rcalrv market was comparatively j quiet during the week, owing to the 1 ; ea Estate' day celebration, but even j while in this condition of i( innocuous ; desuetude" some of tho real estate men I succeoded in consummating u uumbcr 1 1 ! of fine deals. These were confined to j residence proporties, and one of the I ' most notable was the purchase of the j 1 ! Maior Downey property at SOS Bngbam j ' I street by Hiram Tvrce for .25,000. An- 1 1 other feature of the week was the an- lr .' nouncenient that U. R. Anderson had j ) decided to place his holdings on tuc nortlieast .beueh. known as the Tower-In Tower-In nds. on the market. 'This dctcrmina- ) ; lion would seem to be warranted by j i conditions, for it is evident that avail- able residence sites have been by no ;i moans abundant this .year, and it is known that tlie realty men who have succeeded i cornering new additions are all doing an excellent business in tin1 sale of residence lots. Building Operations. In the matter of local building operations op-erations the conditions have undergone jio change, for the weather has now become be-come settled and ib particularly favorable favor-able for such work. ' The progress on ihe business blocks that arc now in process of construction is limited only bv tlie contractors' ability to bcuutc building supplies and laborers. In regard re-gard to building supplies, it may be said that they arc as plentiful now as at any time "during the present year, I and in some lines, such as brick, tho contractors arc experiencing no diffi-rultv diffi-rultv in securing them in abundance and' on short notice. Tho supply of lumber iu the local yards increased materially during the week, and tho dealers arc now receiving their fall supplies. sup-plies. Nearly 100 cars of lumber are 3iow in tlie local yards for Salt Lake delivery, and about 100 cars aro side-i side-i racked here awaiting transportation to other points. Prices remain steady, with no prospect of a drop. Wholesale grocers are still complaining complain-ing because the supply of goods is not equal to the demand, and this results in advanced prices. Railroad transportation transporta-tion to the patrons of tho local wholesale whole-sale grocers is more satisfactory than heretofore. Cut-Price Sales. Nearly all of the department stores and large mercantile establishments now nrc holding their cut-price sales and am doing a big business in summer goods. It is said, however, that most of the customers arc concerned only willi the present, and. contrary to what night be expected, are not taking advantage ad-vantage of. the reduced prices to secure supplies for the future. The demand is general, embracing nearly every article of summer goods. Among the best sellers sell-ers are ladies' waists, summer wash goods, summer underwear, suits, dresses, skirts, etc. Among the lines for which there was but little demand were boys' I and children's clothing and dress and fiilk goods. The millinery dopartments arc doing but little business, and the sale of Oxfords is not as active as it .was earlier in the season. Trade in commercial stocks was comparatively com-paratively inactive during the week, and most of the transactions dealt in Utah Sugar common. The meeting of the stockholders of the Utah, Idaho and Western Idaho Sugar companies, at which finnl action will be taken in the matter of the amalgamation of the companies, com-panies, is to bo held on tho afternoon of July 18. Latest Quotations. I Following are the lateBt quotations: Amalgamated Sugar Co., pfd $ 93. on Amalgamated Sugar Co., com 164.00 Beneficial Life Infiiiranca Co f 103.00 Barnes Banking- Co., KaysviUe ... 140.00 Con. Wagon & Machine Co., pfd.. 117.00 Con. W. fic M. Co.. com 106.00 Commercial National bank 170.00 Deserot National bank 205.00 Descret Savings bank 525,00 Davis Co. bank. Farminston 130.00 Flrct National bank, Ogden 325.00 First National bank, Murray ...... 136.00 First National bank, I.osan 195.00 Home Fire Insurance Co 178.00 Hober J. Grant & Co 135.00 Idaho Sugar Co 9.65 Lewiston Sugar Co 11.60 Nephl National bank 100.50 National Hank of the Republic ... 153.00 Ogden Savings bank 240.00 Provo Com. & Savings hank 155.00 Rocky Mt. Bell Tel. Co 81,00 Silver Bros. Iron Works Co 100.00 blate Bank of Utah 204.00 Sugar City Townslte Co. 145.00 Stnte Bank of Brlghnm 12C.00 Thatcher Bros. Banking Co. 145.00 Utah Sugar Co., pfd 0.10 Utah Sugar Co., com 4.00 Utah County Light & Power Co. .. 1.05 Utah Ind. Telephone Co 35 Utah Banking Co 146,00 Utah National bank 15c OO Utah Savings & TrustVCo 11000 Western Utah Sugar Co 11.00 Western Loan & Savings Co 106 00 Zlon's Savings Bank &. Trust Co. . 220.00 2. C. M. I 205.00 BONDS. Salt Lake City Railroad 100 Salt Lake City Railroad 2nd mtff...102i Bumpter Valley Railroad 103 Utah County Light and Power Co. 1015 Utah Sugar Co !lt)3j |