Show HUNTSVILLE IN INA I IA A SORRY TANGLE Bad State of Affairs Revealed Upon the Resignation of Mayor Lofgreen The resignation of ot Mills Lofgreen may mayor ma maor or of Huntsville reveals revea a sorry tangle in the administration of ot that little city The beginning of ot the trouble dates bacK bacic to the removal from the community of ot W V W Browning who was elected re recorder recorder recorder corder at the tho last Jast municipal election When hen llen the new administration was ush ushered ushEred ushered ered into office Hyrum Peterson the old recorder held over An effort was made by the city council to oust him The mat matter matter matter ter was taken tal en into court and Peterson won Then to make matters worse he went away awa to Logan to attend school and to teach also in the Agricultural college colleg appointing his brother John Peterson as deputy deput recorder This was too much for the city coun council council cil That body took the position that if it could not appoint a recorder or even evena a deputy recorder it could at least pass upon the man appointed Even this pleas pleasure pleasUre ure Ore was denied and the city administration tion has been In a a snarl over over it ever since the election Part of ot the time Recorder Peterson had all alt the books and records of the tho city locked up In a vault and would permit of no access acce to them As a Ii result all official business was at a standstill I Mayor Lofgreen rather sided with Re Rt Recorder corder Peterson while the council stool stood upon Its dignity and refused to play ban bal until its prerogative in passing upon ap appointments was recognized re Finally May Mayor or Lofgreen became thoroughly disgusted with the situation and filed tiled his resignation resignation resignation tion with the recorder last Tuesday and the resignation was accepted by the coun council I Icil cil cli Tuesday night No one in the little city seems to know what will be the outcome There will be another special meeting of ot the city coun council elI cil next Tuesday night when some man may be appointed to take the place made vacant by the resignation of ot the mayor maor Huntsville is in a bad way ay financially C n R Hollingsworth his beer city elty attorney attorney ney for tor some time lime past at a salary U if UW W x ai 81 year It was as concluded by b the council that the city could not afford to ro pay this salary and for that reason the tile services of ot Hollingsworth were dispensed with Now an effort is being made to secure a city attorney at a lower sal salary salan salary ary an |