Show ADVOCATE IS AT ITS SOLD OLD TRICK SNYDER VICTIM mw COUNTI TREASURER SAYS SW STORY IS 1 I misleading in its frenzied anxiety to please the officials of the price Com commercial mercia bank the eastern utah advocate has committed another crime of misrepresentation so bold that it is almost beyond belief this time R W snyders S n y de i rT treasurer of carbon county is the victim of the ad advocates vo unprincipled abuse two weeks ago the advocate quoted snyder in regard to the taxes of the first national bank and put words into his mouth which had he spoken them would have been a confession that he had overstepped the duties of his office below appears snyders signed statement to the news which he issues to set himself right with the public and following snyders stat statement e is a reproduction of what the advocate had to say two weeks ago receipted the first national bank in full for taxes of 1911 on the assessment of 00 agreed upon by the board of equalization of carbon county the banks taxes amounted to the statement attributed altri buted to me in the advocate was to say the least misleading signed B R W snyder from the advocate tobe whitmore on monday tendered county treasurer snyder the sum mentioned and snyder receipted the bank for but not in full payment says snyder snyder said to the news that he made no such statement he said moreover that when whitmore tendered the sum mentioned in payment of taxes he stamped the notice paid just as he stamps all notices there was nothing in this transaction that justified the statement which the advocate credited to snyder evidently the whole story was framed up and resorted to by the advocate in its great desire to please it will be noticed that the figures given by snyder and those quoted from the advocate differ widely the news does not pretend to know what is the cause of this difference it may be that the advocate had some reason in giving tie lower figure or is it pos possible that the difference represents just how near the advocate cm can come to the truth even when it tries now here Is a chance for the advocate to show its good faith if the statement credited to snyder was not a malicious malici malic ioas utis misstatement the advocate will certainly fall all over itself next week in jn its hurry to reproduce snyders denial |