Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-25
ANOTHER QUITS
UNDER FIRE
Gus Luttschwager, Hardin
Supervisor, Hands in
Resignation.
CIRCULATE PETITIONS
ASKING FOR REMOVAL
New Member Of Board Gets in Bad
With Constituents by Making Mo-
ton. to Re.employ s. 3. Gardner az
County Eneineer-vacaney Filled by
Appointment Of George Elerdins
Popular Citizen and Business Man.
;necial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times -Republlcan.
Eldora, March 25.-Changes in the
Hardin county supervisors have CONS
fast of late. Gus LuttschWager' one
of the new members, filed his resisna-
ton yesterday. This is the third mem
ber of the board to quit under fire IN
recent weeks. the designations peliis
the elimination Of the charges against
County Engineer s. B. Gardner ana
removal proceedings against two Oh
the hold-ovcr members of the board.
Mr.. Luttschwager is a democrat VINO
was elected over George Heslop at the
November election. He began his term
Jan. l. and shortly thereafter fhaue
a motion to re- employ Gardner as
county highway engineer. His actlot'
raised a storm of protest from the
voters Of the county. eliminating IN
petitions being circulated asking MS
removal from office. More than loo
voters of Union township alcne signed
this petition within twelve hours atter
it was started, and on Wednesday
morning of this week, before the petl-
tions could be filed with Attorney
General Cosson, Mr. Luttschwaser re-
signed.
EIerdins Appointed.
The county auditor clerk and re-
corder, whose duty 1t is to I'LL vacan-
cies on the board met last evening ana
appointed George Elerding, OF Lawn
Hall, to succeed Luttschwager. MI.
Elerding, who is so years of age, Is
graduate of Western Normal college,
and was All instructor ;n the business
course in the Episcopal school at
Wilder, Mimi, for two years. In 1890
he entered the United States navy anu
served thru the war agains. Spain, pc
ing on the battfesnip with Admiral
Schfey at Santiago, Cuba, when the
Spanish fleet was destroyed on July
3. 1898. He received an honorable dis
charge in 1898 and returned to Har-
DIN county, engaging in the lumber
coal and grain business at Lawn Hill.
He is favorably known by practically
every citizen in Hardin county and all
speak in the highest praise OF his abll-
ity' and reputation for sterling honesty.
He Is at present vice president Of the
New Providence State Bank, director
in the New Providence consolidated
school, and a public-spirited citizen.
Mr.. Elerding Is democrat, but with
less than forty eight hours ioti:e the
county officials were presented with
petition signed by hundreds of citizens,
three-fourths of them republicans
asking for his appointment, which
gives assurance that the select ion
meets with general approval.
New Board Organized.
The new board of supervisors today
filed bonds: took the oath Of office ana
organized by electins w. e. Weldon, oi
Iowa Falls, as chairman. The flrst OF
fetal act was to allow the claim of the
expert accountants who were employed
thru Charles o. Ryan to make an m
yestigation of the proceedings and do-
ings Of the old board and the county
engineer. The amount OF the Dill was
$1,424.76. Mr.. Ryan had previously
been guaranteed by thirty citizens OF
Hardin county against any loss on
this claim.