The Frontier.
VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930. No. 19
LAWRENCE WELLS, DORSEY,
QUITE SERIOUSLY INJURED
Lawrence Wells, 25, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wells, of Dorsey, Nebras
ka, was seriously if not fatally injur
ed Sunday afternoon when a horse he
was riding fell with him, near the
Suverkixibbe farm a few miles south
of Dorsey. Lawrence has been un
conscious all ©f the time since the ac
cident; he suffered a black eye, a
number of scratches and bruises and
is paralized on the right side and it is
thought that his skull i s Injured.
Physicians from O’Neill and Lynch
have been in attendance but all ef
forts to revive him have been futile.
The account of the accident as it
came to us is that Lawrence and Wil
lard Smith were running a race near
the Suverkrubbe farm; at a turn in
the road, the horse which Lawrence
was riding, fell with him.
Later—As we go to press wre learn
that Lawrence passed away at three
o’clock this (Friday) morning. He
was born in Lynch, Nebraska, March
29th, 1905, and was 25 years, six
months and three days old at the
time of his death. He came with his
parents to Holt county from Boyd
county fifteen years ago. Funeral
services will be held from the Dorsey
school house Saturday morning at
ten o’clock and will be conducted by
V. V. Rosencrans; burial will be in
Niobrara, Nebraska. The deceased
leaves one sister, Mrs. W. H. Hladik
of Plainview, Nebraska, besides his
father and mother.
ARTHUR MULLEN S SON
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
(Omaha Bee)
Arthur J. Mullen was admitted to
practice in federal court Wednesday
by Judge J. W. Woodrough, on mo
tion of his father, Arthur F. Mullen,
veteran Omaha attorney.
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DR. JOHN PHILIP GILLIGAN
John Philip Gfllagan was born ia
Elizabethtown, New York, January
14th, 1867. His preliminary educa
tion was received in the little coun
try school house on his own farm at
the foot of the Adirondacks, with the
beautiful Boquet river flowing past
its door, nature making a beautiful j
playground. Later he attended the
Elizabethtown high school, living in
the homes of two elderly ladies whose
husbands served in the war of 1812.
He was an ambitious boy and eager
for an education, and self-supporting
always. Next he went to Union Med
ical College, at Albany, and for five
summers he was an officer on the
Daylight Steamer Line, which still
operates between Albany and New
York.
He graduated from this school in
1888, after which he became associat
ed with his old friend and preceptor,
Dr. John M. Biglow, of Albany, who
at that time was the leading physi
cian of Albany, being one of the first
specialists of nose, throat and chest.
In 1892 his health failed and a
change of climate was advised. He
remembered the great open spaces of
Nebraska, where he had visited as a
boy of seventeen; he came west, lo
cating in Anselmo, Custer county. In
December of that year he came to
O’Neill, where he practiced continu
ously, except for brief intervals when
he took post-graduate work in New
York and Chicago. He represented
his district in the Senate from 1906
to 1908. He was not a politician but
stood fearlessly on the side of what
he thought to be right.
He served on the school board con
tinuously for eighteen years, and
through his efforts and those of his
co-workers, pulled the township out
of financial mire to a sound footing,
making it possible to erect the beau
tiful school building which stands as
a monument to his efforts. He was
chairman of the building committee
and during its erection he was on the
grounds fully two-thirds of the time.
He was president of the Library
Board at the time of his death, and
until his health failed, took great
pride in beautifying the grounds and
building.
For many years he served as secre
tary of the County Medical Society
and was a pioneer member of the Elk
horn Valley Medical Society. He was
chairman of the old Pension Board,
which wound up the business of the
Civil War veterans. He served as
president of the State Medical So
ciety in 1914.
During the W'orld War he was
chairman of the County Board which
examined thousands of boys, stopping
not for the influenza epidemic. This
was felt to be the first break in that
powerful physique. He was also a
member of the Insanity Board, and
served as Mayor of O’Neill for two
terms.
For many years he has been the
surgeon for the Northwestern and C.
B. & Q. railroads.
He was associated in the drug busi
ness for many years, first with Jake
j Hershiseij, and later with C. E. Stout.
At the time of his death he was a
director and stockholder in the O’Neill
National Bank.
He was married to Maude E. Stout
on October 5th, 1897, to whom three
children were born, John P. Gilligan,
Jr., Nebraska City; Miriam E. Rid
dell of Scottsbluff, and Bennett S. Gil
ligan of O’Neill, all of whom survive
him.
He was a man who cared nothing
for show or ostentation, reserved, and
shrinking from attention or demon
stration, but always ready to fight
for justice and right, never consider
ing himself when duty called.
He passed away Sunday morning,
September 28th, 1930, at 10:45, in the
home he loved so well, surrounded by
his loved ones. The last rites were
conducted from St. Patrick’s Cath
olic church, O’Neill, Tuesday, Sep
tember 30th, 1930, at nine o’clock,
Monsignor M. F. Cassidy officiating,
and was tenderly laid to rest in a
bower of beautiful flowers, surround
ed by friends and relatives.
“Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends.” (St. John, XV.)
Those from out of town, beside his
county associates, were:
Dr. J. R. Dwyer, Omaha, Nebraska;
Dr. Morris Nielson and wife, Blair,
Nebraska; Dr. W. W. Noyes and wife,
Ceresco, Nebraska; T. J. Gilligan,
Anselmo, Nebraska; Dr. F. A. Long,
Madison, Nebraska; Dr. Lucian Stark,
Norfolk, Nebraska; Dr. C E. Salter(
Norfolk, Nebraska; Mr. Claude Stout,
T e k a m a h, Nebraska; Mr. George
Stout, Tekamah, Nebraska; Dr. and
Mrs. F. A. Campbell, Norfolk, Ne
braska.
CAN SHOOT PHEASANTS
IN HOLT COUNTY
The County Board of Supervisors,
working in conjunction with the state
department, have opened the hunting
season on pheasants for ten days, be
ginning Wednesday, October 22nd.
Many requests from different parts of
the county have come to the county
board asking that Holt county be in
cluded in the list of counties that will
permit hunting of pheasants.
The pheasants are not as plentiful
in Holt county as they are in a num
! ber of counties where hunting will be
! permitted this year.
RELATIVES GATHER AT
THE R. N. BRITTELL HOME
The hotne of Mr. and Mrs. R. N.
Brittell, on Madison street between
Everett and Douglas, was the scene
af a happy gathering last Sunday
when about forty relatives gathered
at their home from various points in
northeast Nebraska.
Relatives from Neligh notified Mr.
and Mrs. Brittell the latter part of
the week that they were coming
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Will Brittell, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Todd
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hop
kins of Neligh; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Conard and daughter Marva, Royal;
Mrs. Sadie Miller, Clarks; Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Morsbach and Levi Mors
oach, Inman; Mr. and Mrs. Coy Brit
tell and children, Mr. Alan Brittell
and Miss Hazel Woods, Deloit; Mrs.
Addie Boucher and son George, Greg
ary, South Dakota, and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Burge and family, O’Neill.
Mrs. Dewitt Mason, of Glendale,
California, visited Friay and Satur
iay with her brother, George Crellin
and family.
WOMAN’S CLUB CELEBRATES
FIRST HOME-COMING ON
ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Wednesday evening, October 1st,
seventy-five members and guests of
the O’Neill Woman’s Club celebrated
its tenth year of existence with a
home-coming at its club rooms.
The evening’s entertainment com
menced with a delicious dinner served
by a committee of ladies of whom
Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot was chairman.
The club rooms were beautified with
autumn decorations.
With Rose Taylor at the piano, it
wasn’t long before all members of
the group were enlivened, and soon
entered heartily into singing the pop
ular choruses of the day.
The remainder of the evening was
enjoyed by playing bridge. High
score prize was won by Mrs. Neil P.
Brennan, and the all-cut by Mrs. R.
R. Dickson.
Mrs. Wm. Turner and son Bobby
came up from their home in Cham
bers, Tuesday and are visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Tomlinson.
TWO BUILDINGS BURN
AT INMAN THIS MORNING
Shortly after one o’elock Thursday
morning the fire whistle was blown,
calling for help at Inman where the
J. T. Tompson pool hall and a vacant
building just north of it, owned by
the Watson Hay Co., at one time oc
cupied by a butcher shop, were on
fire with no fire fighting equipment;
the blaze was threatening the entire
town. The O’Neill firemen accompan
ied by a number of citizens, drove to
Inman to render w'hat service they
could; owing to the fact that practic
ally no wind was blowing, the fire
was under control by the time the
O’Neill people arrived. Mr. Tomp
son’s loss is thought to be about
$3,500 while the Watson Hay Com
pany building was valued at $1800;
there was some insurance on the pool
hall and building. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
Mrs. Thomas Quinn returned home
last Monday from Omaha where she
visited with friends and also attend
ed the Eucharistic congress in that
city last week.
“C. TO C.” MEETING
O’NEILL, OCTOBER 13th
The Canada to Canal Highway
“C to C” meeting was held at Grand
Island on September 30th, to elect a
director for Nebraska and to arrange
for mettings in the towns of Guide
Rock, Red Cloud, Blue Hill, Wol
bach, St. Paul, Spaulding, Spencer,
O’Neill and Hastings.
Eighty-seven delegates from the
above towns and from Kansas and
South Dakota, were present.
A mass meeting will be held in
O'Neill on October 13th, at 8 o’clock
p. m. The international publicity
man will be present to talk on the
progress of the road. All who can
in the vicinity of Chambers and
O’Neill should be present to hear a
discussion on _ this very important
highway.
Attorney and Mrs. H. M. Uttley
drove to Scotts Bluffs, Nebraska, the
first of the week where Mrs. Uttley
goes as a delegate to the state con
vention of the W. C. T. U. which was
in session there Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of this week.
WHAT MANNER OF
WHO BUYS THE HIGHEST
PRICED PRODUCTS IN THE
FIELD...YET SELLS TO YOU
AT NOTHING EXTRA.
By W. G. SKELLY
I President, Skelly Oil Company
N OLDEN TIMES, "What manner of man art thou?" was an
expression of amazement and referred to one who stood
out from his fellow men.
Today, some business men stand out. What manner of men
are those who pass up the quick, easy profits of ordinary
petroleum products to build a sound, permanent business on
the highest priced products in the field? Men who, foT instance,
pay as much as $62.50 to $87.50 more per tank car for
Skelly gasoline and sell to you at nothing extra.
Surely you must agree that Skelly jobbers, who pay Skelly
Oil Company more to get more value foT you, must be men
of extraordinary business ability. They must plan not merely
foT "drop in" customers, but to build a large patronage of
steady, Tepeat car owners. And that is always the result
when the Skelly line goes in: sales go up, and the jobber
gains through greater volume what it costs him to buy
extTa quality.
Do you want the ordinary products ... or Skelly gasolines,
oils and greases, which cost more to make and cost the
jobber more? The price is the same to you.
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