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Show II BUSIiESb jTILl V Money Is Now Becoming Much Easier and Outlook Is ji t Excellent. I STRONG DEMAND EVIDENT k FOR LOCAL SECURITIES li'' . : Cold Weaker Makes Retail Trade Good; Lumber Situa- j , t ion Unchanged. It Business conditions throughout the country arc improving riglit along now. j, and locally tho market Is no exception. J ; i Bustnens In Ball Lake looks exceedingly . healthy and promises to coiulmio so to I do. As the common stockholders of the I Amalgamated Sugar compuny aend In . g their stock and receive cash and pro-i pro-i ferred stock therefor, a large amount of I money will bes released on tho Opdcn and , ( I Salt Lake investment markets. This I has brought about a strung demand for ;J Utah-Idaho Sugar stock, wliicl) advanced h during the week to $5.00 per share, and J for Consolldatod Wagon stock, which advanced ad-vanced to $123.r0 per share. A few other M stocks along the line also show advances. I During the past -week the Dcscrut Na-, Na-, tional bank paid its regular 3 per cent ( ' i dividend and the Utah Implr.nicnt-Vchl-1 ! clc company paid Its 12 per cent uuarlcr-I uuarlcr-I ly dividend. ! The hank clearings still continue to 4 ; show a slight Improvement and occa-) occa-) ; j tdonally they exceed those for the samo i dayri a year ago. Collections are gct- f ling better every week, and dealers deli de-li ! clarc that In so far as collections iudl-f iudl-f ; J cate conditions arc even better now than j i they were a year ago. The cold weather continues to have an excellent effect on tho clothing sales and also hardware business. Stoves ami other heating apparatus are in good do-mand, do-mand, and there Is a fairly good call for athletic goods. The big department and clothing stores arc doing ' an excellent business in tho retail line, winter clothing now being In demand. Wholesale business is also reported re-ported as being brisk. The lumber market shows practically no change. Cars continue scarce and the situation is unchanged In so far as prices arc concerned. Funnci s now have most of their money in for their crops, and with tills colng into circulation things will continue to Improve. |