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Show i,vUoruuu y - r i i ..It cjLliUf.AJ UtL tLUlAMJU Bjj Demand for Led Stocks and Few Holders Arc . ' V.illi:.: to Sell Them. The first few weeks of the new year will be the time for the distribution of dividends amounting to several hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of dollars.. Not only are the mining companies of the State announcing heavy dividends, but the mercantile and various Industrial instl- i tutlons will distribute among . their stockholders during the coming week more than $300,000 a profits for 1902. There has been aigeneral .bracing up In business conditions durlngthe year, the stocks and bonds of most companies being be-ing hard to obtain even at advanced prices. i SAlt Late' has experienced the largest holiday trade thia yesx In her history. There isow, however, the usual lull, after thd-Chrlotmas rush, but trade will be normal a gam as soon as the holiday season Is over.. Among the Institutions which will declare de-clare ( per cent dividends on or about the first of the year are: Deseret National bank, special S per cent on :oo.ooo :. 25,000 Home Fire Insurance company, regular 2 per cent quarterly dlvi- end on 1250.000 ,.. 6,000 Tho Utah Sugar company, regular 1 per -rent quarterly dividend on 8J,(K,floo preferred stock 52,500 State Bank of Utah, regular 8 per cent quarterly dividend on $250,000 6,000 Deseret Savings bank, regular 2 per cent quarterly dividend on $100,000 2.000 Same, special dividend of S per cent 5,000 Commercial National bank, regular . 3 pr cent, semi-annual dividend on fM.(Q 6.000 Zlon's Savings Bonk and Trust company, regular 2 per cent quar- terly dividend on 8200.000 4.000 Provo Commercial and Savings bank, regular 2 per cent quarterly dividend on IWO.WO .....r. 2.000 Lehl Commercial and Savings bank, IVi pr cent quarterly dividend on 8o0,000 750 Thatcher Bros. Banking company (Logan), regular 2 per cent quarterly quar-terly dividend on tloO.OW 8.0C0 1 First National bank of Ogden. regular reg-ular 3 per cent quarterly dividend on tl&O.flW t.... . 4,K Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone , company, regular 1H per cent quarterly dividend on 82.0uO.00O.... 24.000 Ogden Savings bank, regular 4 per cent semi-annual dividend on K5,- 000 8,000 Amalgamated Sugar company,, reg- , ular lVi per cent quarterly dividend divi-dend on $1,701,000 preferred stock.. 25,515 Church bonds, regular 3 per cent semi-annual dividend on $1,000,000. 80,000 Consolidated Railway and Power - company bonds, regular 2'A per . cent semi-annual dividend on $3,000,000 73,000 Salt Lake City railroad bonds, regular reg-ular 8 per cent semi-annual dividend divi-dend on 8SH0.0O0 25,200 Sumpter AWUey bonds, regular 3 per centsemi-annual dividend on $190,000 .T 5.70Q Total 3301.165, |