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Show 14 Winter Goods Are in Demand at All ol' the Department Stores. GOOD CAM, FOR STOVES.' SAY HARDWARE DEALERS House Furnishings Hold Up Well: Quotations on Stocks and Bonds. F;dl trade st.irt.od in well with the beginning of the week, stimulated by the annual sales of tho department ( stores and continued active rljrhfc up to Saturday night. In spite- of tho- suvcro wot spoils and the consequent damage fo crops throughout this state and . Idaho, trade conditions have boon excellent ex-cellent with a gonoral tendency .to turn fo strictly cold weather articles and goods indicative of the coming of tho duck season. I The feature of tho week iu goncraJ trade has peon to harness business, a result re-sult of harvesting by iho farmers in 1 bo country districts and tho unsual amount of building operations throughout through-out the cities mid towns. Heavy harness har-ness for working and trucking purposes have been callcil for in huge quantities and the demand for the lighter weights for strictly driving use has followed closely on tho heels of tho other style. Saddlery has been in excellent demand as a result of tho maturing of the crops and the consequent activity on the ranches and throughout tho country districts. dis-tricts. .Next in line with this class of leather goods comes stoves and tho hardware man has been wearing a bright and jovial Taft smile all tho week and pointing point-ing to tho rapidly disappearing collec-"p'on collec-"p'on of henlers. All tho world has gono tra:cy for heat, apparently, and every ono wants a stove at once. -All kinds of heaters are called for from the tiny kerosene heater for the bedroom to the great hot water b.oiler for a big apartment apart-ment house. I Demand for Stoves. Trade in this line also includes tho demand for all sorts of stove Jittings such as stove pipe, stove boards, elbows el-bows and everything which pertains to ho'iting apparatus. In keeping with this lino also, mantels man-tels have sold well, and tho demand i idicatcs that ninny of the new houses which have been under construction during the summer, arc now .being finished. fin-ished. General builders' supplies continue con-tinue in excellent demand and there has been little falling off in the demand for general household supplies. On account ac-count of the scarcity of the fruit crop liioro has not boon" tho usual demand for bottling goods, and housekeepers are evidently not 'putting tip so much fruit us they did last year when dealers deal-ers wero overwhelmed" with calls for glass ;jars and cans. Evidence of Duck Season. Behold tho merry duck hunter is already al-ready abroad and will be readv to shoot with tho crack of dawn Fridav morning. morn-ing. Tho sale of shot guns and loaded shells and many of the accessories of hunting has been large. Thorc is coming com-ing to be a call for footbnll supplies, , also, especially by the youngsters. 1 u-' u-' door sporting goo'ds. such us punching bags and boxing gloves, are also being be-ing called for in largo quantities, especially es-pecially by the schols nud colleges. Dry goods business shows tho effect of fashions and in tho shoo trade especially es-pecially a tondency to revolt against tho prevailing mode of wearing low shoes. The call for shoes with high lops has been almost unprecedented for the past fen years, it iH said, j Iuch of tho demand is accounted 'for. also. on the ground of 'tho prevailing low weather of tho past few weeks. Dress goods for women aro opening up well, with especial attention at-tention to broadcloths and silks, including includ-ing mescalines aanl satin finish goods. IMost of tho demand is for goods of , Kolid dye with only slight demand for fancy stuffs and novelties for evening rar. . Jn some lines of novelties there are apparently preparations for Christmas. Stamped goods for embroidery, goods for all sorts of fancy needlo 'work to be made up have sold well. Gobelin cottons, carnation card cases, articles for tho practice of metallography and P3'rography havo boon called for in large quantities. Holt pins, Dutch collar col-lar pins and all tho small articles for 'my lady's toilet" havo come in for a tremendous demand, and ono dealer reported Hint trade f his fall had been as much as 25 per cent higher than at any other period. Tho growth of the strictl' toilet sundries, including perfumes per-fumes and the like, was reported by the manager of one of the big department depart-ment storos to havo increased within a year or two moro than G7 per cent. "House furnishings hold up well. The demand for carpets and draperies has boon large. Carpet layers and curtain hangers have been more than they can do, it is said, to care for all the demands de-mands made upon them. The call for goods of this sort is said to bo influenced influ-enced greatly by tho number of new families moving into now homes. With the coming of harvesting time there has come a strong incrcaso in collections, col-lections, especially among the farmers, who feel most quickly the results of the disbursements of cash for the sale of farm produce. There is throughout-a general feeling of optimism and excellent confidence among financiers. Stocks and Bonds. ."Following are the latest quotations for stocks and bonds Saturday: Amalgamated Sugar Co.. pfd 100.00 Amalgamated .Susar Co.. com 191.00 Barnes Bunking Co.. Knysvillc 315. 00 Con Wauon Jc Machine Co lln.00 Continental National bank IL'3.00 Deseret National bank 2AG.00 Deseret Savings bank 050.00 Davis Co.. bunk. Farminston ..1-10.00 First National bank. OKden 310.00 First National bank, Murray 110,00 First National bank, Logan 200.00 Home Fire Insurance Co 200.00 Heber J. Grant Ss Co .... 120.00 TiCwlston Sugar Co 18.00 National Bank of the Republic 152.00 NcpliI National bank 120.00 Ogden Savlncs bank ., 275.00 PIngree National bank, Osden .... 202.00 Provo Com. and Savings bank 150.00 ttockv Mtn. Bell Telephone Co o.00 Salt 1-nkn Security and Trust Co.. 1-10.00 State Bank of Utah 227. 50 State Bank of Brlgham City 150.00 Sugar City Townsite Co 100.00 Thatcher Bros. Bank's Co., Loom. 150.00 Utah Bank. Co., Lehi and A Fork. 150.00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co., pfd s.Oo do common 2,00 Utah County Light and Power Co. l.u." Utah National Bank 12S.00 Utah Imp. Vehicle Co 05.00 Utah Savings and Trust Co 112 00 Walker Bros., bankers 250.00 Zlon's Savings Bank St Trust Co.. 523.00 Z. C. M. T 20S. 00 Z. C. Home BIdg. & Tt. E. Co.. pfd. 1.00 do common 1,00 BONDS. Salt Lake City Knilroad.'. ...101.50 Sumptcr Valley Railroad 101.50 Utah County Light ft Power Co 102.00 Utah Sugar Co IPS. 00 |