Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-03
RANK DEPOSITS
AND CLEAR|NCS.
oo,h Show Notable and Substan.
hal Increase Over Similar
Comparative Periods.
QUIET WEEK IN REAL ESTATE.
denomination to Raise Publicity
rund Causes stIrrIng Interest
General Review OF Local Trade.

rso .,orms OF the week have kept
,,a, certain lines of business and
,,ade but do not appear to have had
.rucb effect on some others, unless 1t
h, 10 stimulate them. February has
cone the third and last Of the winter
oonths with a great record of fog,
.,oV and unpleasant weather. March
IA. been ushered In with grand eli
matte demonstration continuing. with
emnhasis the February record. But
,Aa SIN is now so high that, while the
nights may be. cold, the days are see
Inc old SOL exert more and more power,
and better weather will be the natural
sequence in the no distant future. The
f,ll Of snow in the mountains has been
verv heuyy-unusually 80, all the agri-
cultural interests arc rejoicing at the
certainty Of plenty of water during the
coming season.
The local money markets have been
very quiet this week, with scarcely a
furry to ripple the calm and placid
surface of banking transactions. How
over deposits appear to be on the
climb. and n the condition Of all the
hanks In this respect is the same as
one notable institution. confidence In
them must be healthy and strong, In
this particular instance the Zlon's Saw
ines Bank and Trust company deposits
Tor the week We're just sl9,200 more
than the deposits for the corresponding
week OF the year previous, which Is en-
couraging. The bank clearings for the
week have continued away ahead OF
those OF the same week In 1905. the
increase for yesterday alone being $780,
900. The first of the month came at
the middle OF the week. so that the
bank clerks worked through TO mid
night Wednesday.
REAL ESTATE PUBLICITY FUND.
This has been an Off week In real es-
tate operatOns-on account OF the
storms and impossible condition of the
roads outside of the business district.
So the real estate dealers have put In
their spare time oyerhauling their Of
fees, looking IN new prospects laying
wires for future operations. and talk
ing over plans. They held a meeting
Wednesday night, at which 1t was pro-
posed to raise $4,000 with which TO
properly uuNtTllSe lUe TOWN..
The real estate men are determined
that Salt Lake shall no longer be re-
gsrded by the general public as
Curlo center merely. There are other
things here besides curlos. and which
are worthy Of more serious considera-
ton. The association has been meeting
every two weeks for lunch at the Com
mereial club, but these meetings will
be supplemented by evening business
meetings twice a month at headquar-
tiers, The real estate men who &C.
cupled the basement Of the Walker
bank have moved out into other quar-
ters, as the premises are being expen-
siyely fitted up for cafe purposes.
DRY GOODS TRADE.
The dry goods trade reports a favor
able week, some dealers reporting 20
per cent better business, not only for
the week, but for the month of Febru-
airy Just passed. Women are buying
for spring, IN readiness to appear in
yernal attire with the advent of genial
weather Ready made dresses are
proving popular. Statesmen say that
the demand for summer fabrics is al