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Show I t , Zion" SIM ('onriiiuivs I i';;, to Lead flio Hi-r Pro- Ifct (TNsioii M PLEXTY OP AfTIVITV IX .SUMMKR "LAZV ,SEAS0X"i ll'lf Outlook lor n Heavy Pall Tnidp Could Not lip I 1 1 Hrighfer. B .f 4 ' Favorable developments are liotieo- r'ta i" ll'o business world. Many maim ivi facruring establishments nro working (tV nvtrtime io fill their orders. 7t looks IjiH'f if the tariff question will be com- j promised ami mottled before long. Labor P H ' Jietier employ oil. .Money remain P (if j ''sy at the leading banking centers K "I ! It looks as if tho crops of the country H . would again bo lame. Business rondi- )). 'ions in this city and throughout 1 lie i . ' i-tale are inexcollent shape. One only needs to ride around the. oily to sec the rj f growth and expansion locally. Our town ! A "y indeed be apllv called, 'The TJesl f (J J rtTrn ("i ISarth.' " " H j The above statement bv one of Iho ' . leading brokers of the citv is considered 'Mv cov.'r pretty I horoughly .ihe business N situation. Comments bv" business men ! during the past week indicate that al M, though the irnde of the citv is now in v ''Ie midst, of the summer "lazv sea son." there is activity enough and tol spare in some lines, and in scarcely t1;, any Hue has there, been a noticeable! 1 V falli npoff. '-It is not a time of fea lures.' was the remark made bv a ' A prominent hardware man recently, i i "business is good in all lines. The fea- j' tares, if there are any. are, of course, strictly summer goods." Sporting goods. ' good in preparation for fall Trade and 'l;, goods for vacation are the headliaers. " , " ., 10 nnmiaJ summer sales havo closed. , Uic buyers of some of the big business! houses, especially the furniture house':. I j ' lift vc gone east to the big trade centers I i to select slocks for next vear, ft is a :j 1 trifle early for the drv goods buyers to ',, ; yo. but: some of the shoe- buvers have' re fd the heads of other depart ! merits will follow suit shortly. Tn house lurnishings it is between "seasons, in ' asmueh as housewives have completed raoir purchases in this line for tho um- i mer and it is yet too far ahoad to think ' ot fall furuishings. i' ' Drygoods Active. I i. Drygoods have been active in ladies' summer dresses, shirt-waists and ladies ' I II . ueokwenr. The shoe business is gottinc Ii "" iuiui, uim it nns ueeu I 'llor m Summer wash goods. The sale r. all sorts of light stuffs has been a 1 eat u re. and the usual summer novelties 'i . have sold well, as usual. On all sides . . , i here appears to bo a disposition to run olf stocks already on hand to proparo ;' ( tor new fall stocks. H 1 , 'ft is generally a little quiet from '"'y, to August, la. and this year j has been no exception." said tho lfard- ik w';(v Xevertheloss. trade Las 'U hold up romavkablv well." One of the q . -leading hardware men of the citv said 1 tP!l.t be was scarcely able to obtain suf- neient help and that ho needed moro i? P'cn to carry on the constantly increas- y' Jng busines;?. V TJ' feature in this lino of trado has been sporting goods. This includes j wal' eahbre rifles, fishing tackle, I basoball goods, and especially tents and 'l-wip out.fitH. This last comes from tho .taftt that thoiiEands of people are tak-j tak-j ' J"T. their vacations now and require ; , rheso "outfits for their onting trip 5 through the canyons aud mountains. Automobile supplies are -well to the I Iront. as a featuro of trade, and the I nnmber of new tires, casing and re pair outfits called for is surprising, it (i is eaul. Tho roads are dry and tiros are "lit up a good denl in the long trips. ' A general lino that seems to liold up 1 well and is also indicative of the sum mer season is paint and interior finish. Advantage is apparently being taken , ot the warm and pleasant weather to , , renovate thoroughly, paint floors, oil Jji inferior finish and put things into gen- oral good shape for the coming fall. I Builders' supplies arc good, it is said, and the market is advancing. Shelf hardware of all kinds is good. Thoro f is a heavy demand for hay pulleys, f mower knives and soctions, hay-forks - 2 Having season is on. Ht '"le of small pipo calls attention H. 1o ll,e ''act that a great many small wa- k " ,,r systems aro being installed in this J ! c,'Vr !,nil otncr states. Harness and il li-iorv i-- excellent in both retail and 1 1 ' s-'ile lines. An excollont common- l ! i -i rv .01 tho picking up of outside husL- . no.-'- is the sale of machinery. This applies to ooncrete mixers,' hoilcre. H, ; wood-working machinery and the like, Itt suc" ns oult! come from tho large v amount of work being dono in buildino', i' Mechanics' tools, and all classes of min- M ' "Jp: supplies of the small kind, such as j ( f lovcis nn( the like, have sold better n ' j t linn for a long time. 1 Collections are excellent, irany ico- 1 "j l'1?, fippoar to have money, and" it is l said that there never has "been a time H' , ! whon the people appeared to have so rlt miieh money for investment purposes i .i 51S P1(iy ,luvo ow' During the past l . i wceic, investment slocks and bonds H'j f ) have sold fairly- well and at excellent 'i '. i prices, following are latest quotations Hi : ' '? ior local stocks and bunds: Hj Stock Quotations. W maliramatcil Susai- Co.. pf3 '10 on ( f'i.i Amalgamated Sugar Co.. com.. ido'oi) MM Con. AVacon & Machine Co.... S' , ('1 Continental Xatlonal bank .. vis 'an j "Dcsevet Xatlonal bank " ii" nn i 'H' Descret Savings lunik ?,(' an j Davis C'o. lKink, Farmlngton. . . iTi) nn j . 5 First. Xatlonal bank. Osden... " -i nnn First Xatlonal bank, Murray... '. uq an Klrst National bank. Logan.. "la'an , Homo Klro Insurance Co. .. no -n U Kebc-r J. Grant & Co T?nnn JxiWlslon Supar Co 1J.1. j Xatlonal Bnnl: of tlio Kepubttc tnonn L : Xophi Xatlonal bank ... . i"n nn H't J Osden Savlnca bank " ; Pim;rce National bank, Ogdcu "n'l'nn ; I & ifjif sr'ss! b.a.nic--:: M; State 15ank of Brlnhum City;;;:;' isonn ;f'i Susar Citv Townslie Co..... ion aa . Thatcher IBroo. Bank'g Co., Logan' isonn JJtali Bank. Co.. Lehl.und A Wr?r ICO 00 , rtali-Idalio Suprnr Co.. iiM....:; r'SS 1)V rtah-Idaho Sugar Co.. com.... 5 nn VV ??U,n:,"rfj!Kht & 1,ow Ci.'. 1.03 , . IT tali Hotel Co inn nn U rtah Xatlonnl bank " S ' TJtah Savlues and Trust Co lisoo i Walker Bros., buukra '50 nn j ' Wcfctorn Loan mid Savlr-a " Jnc nn ZIom'b Savings Bant'. & Truot Co." roo'.oo f ;r, Z. C. liomfi.mdg. K n. PJ. Co;, nfd' i on J 15 C. Home Bldg. h R. u. Co., com. ion Kj 1 BONDS, Vy , Salt Lalie City Railroad 701 V'.l Sumpter Valley Unllroad 101 Mri J4.tai County Light and Power Co..!!i02 Utah Sugar Co , |