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Show 1 BUSINESS NORMAL 1 IS PIRI H Retail Trade Paying More At-ten At-ten Hon to Buying Thau to Selling. H FARMING IMPLEMENTS H ARE IN HEAVY DEMAND Unusually Heavy Demand for Ml Building Material Is Reported. Normal business conditions for Feb-rnary Feb-rnary aro reported in nil Hues, with the retail Irado paying more attention at the present to buying goods than to Hj selling, and Btocks at a low point. Ex-Wm Ex-Wm tensively advertised sales in all dc-BH dc-BH parlments havo cleaned up stocks in Wtoi dry goods and resulted in a lnrgo vol-fcg vol-fcg umo of business so fnr which is giving an opportunity io prepnrc for the spring M rush. Wm Among Hie smaller retail stores there 0 5s expected a general change of loca-BH loca-BH tion within the next few months on ac-In ac-In count of the extensive building opera-HK opera-HK tiou8 planned for spring. In tho opin-ion opin-ion of man' rontal agents, tho most H desirable locations in tho new build-ings build-ings will bo taken early by tho more progressive retailers. This, it is point-ed point-ed out, will leave a few vacancies in H the older buildings to bo filled by now-wm now-wm cr concerns. IB Hardware Trade Good. I Trade in hardware and implements continues good, tho demand being especially es-pecially heavy for farming implements and machinery. Collections arc also improving and fully up to expectations for this time of the year. An unusually lioavv early demand for building materials ma-terials of all kinds is reported and tho lumber dealers continuo to talk higher prices with a view to stimulating orders or-ders in anticipation of tho advances. Despite tho phenomenal increase in tho demand for cement, stocks nrq in good condition and deliveries nro being made as fast as required. Tn anticiation of tho great activity in tho building lino, prospective builders aro lotting their contracts further in advance than usual in order to avoid inconvenience from a shortage of labor. Tho demand for money continues to such an extent that interest rates aro showing a decided advaneo and Salt Lako's capital is practically all bus3' keeping time with tho advance of tho city in every lino. Quotations. Amalgamated Sugar Co., pfd. . . ; . '. .5100.00 Amalgamated .Siifjar Co.. com 103.00 Con. Wason & Mucblno Co 126. 50 Continental National hank 135.00 Continental I.lfo Insurance Co 100.00 Deserct Katlonal bank 300. 00 Deseret Savings bank 7C.0.00 First National bank, Ogdcn 310.00 First Natlonnl bank, Murray 110.00 First National bank, Logan....... 220.00 Home Flro Insurance Co 210.00 J I. J Grant & Co 130.00 Iewiston Sugar Co 10.50 National Bank of the Republic .... 170.00 Ogdcn Savings bank 280.00 Plngreo National bank, Option .... 235.00 Provo Coin. &. Savings bank 105.00 Pocky ML Bell Tel. Co ' 65.00 Salt Lake Security fc Trust Co...... 140. 00' Stalo Bank of Utah .'. 237.00 Sugar City Townslto Co.. 95.00 Thatcher Bros. Banking Co., Log. 150 00 Utah Bnnklng Co.. Lehl and American Amer-ican Fork 148.00 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.. pfd S.92 Utah-Itinho Sugar Co.. com 2.95 Utah County Light and Power Co. 1.00 Utah Natlonnl bank 13C.50 Uta'i Imp. Vehicle- Co 95.00 Utah Savings fc Trust Co 112.00 Walker Bros., bankers 250.00 Western Loan and Savings Co. ... 112,00 Zlon's Savings Bank & TniBt Co... COO. 00 |