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Show State Purchases Are Varied The state bought some diapers recently and nobody thought much about it. Toothpicks, too. T. S. Curtis, purchasing agent, explained that due to its widespread wide-spread activities the state buys almost al-most every article that any private citizen would and a lot more besides. be-sides. In addition to the customary carbon car-bon paper and typewriters for its dozens of agencies and materials for its services like the '$65,000 paint for Utah road lines, the state also has a lot of close personal dealings with people. That's where the diapers come in. Afflicted infants are sometimes brought to the American Fork training school several weeks after birth. And the state must provide all their needs and even a few "necessary "neces-sary luxuries" for the rest of their lives. It's nothing new for the state to buy s.hoeshines machines, either. They are set up in public buildings and the blind, who otherwise would be supported by direct welfare grant, service them and collect the proceeds. The finance commission, which does the state's, buying, shops a-round a-round for bargains just as a housewife house-wife does, Mr. Curtis said. Anything Any-thing over $1000 has to be bought through sealed bids, and Competitive Competi-tive prices are asked for all small items even for an 89c map. |