Show to the taxpayers of uintah county from correspondence in the ex of tho the last two months written by a certain individual of this county the public was lod led to believe that the sheriff had some strings on the county court and was getting them to rob the treasury in his behalf the bills referred to by my friend aro are for the capture of enoch davis and taking him to the penitentiary in which it appeared that the shariff drew some enormous bills now I 1 wish to say that I 1 drew mileage one way only as the statutes provide the 1 io balance was for deputies and parties who assisted me and for expenses of tho prisoner I 1 aux am not making mention nien tion of the above to curry favor with the people of uintah county as I 1 am not a candidate for office nor have I 1 a political axe to grind but merely in a way of explanation as I 1 would not like to be considered a poison who wants something for nothing otherwise I 1 would thinly the statements unworthy of notice but there were made concerning me ine which I 1 stand ready to disprove JOHN pory POPE sheriff of uintah co |