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Show WAR PURCHASES SMALL IN UTAH Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON'.. Nov. 23. Out of all the millions spent by the war department depart-ment in tho purchase of army supplies during the war, only a very small sum was spent In the west, barely more than J12, 000.000 in all, and two-thirds of this total was spent in the state of AYash-ington. AYash-ington. Total war purchases in Utah, according accord-ing to a statement of the war department depart-ment today, reached ? 1 ,1-1 7,01 S, i hli-h was exceeded only in Washington and California. Total war purchases in Wyoming amounted to $1224r in Idaho to SOR.OSii. and in Nevada to 500. Judged by these totals there wag little opportunity for profiteering in the states of the Rocky Mountain region. |