BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
GEE, I LET MYSELF IN FER SUMP'N— HOW'M I GOIN' TO TRAIL THAT
GUY, PETE ROLEUM—
THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY 7, 1941.
RUSTY WILL KNOW!
I GOTTA FIGGER LIKE I WAS A GEOLOGIST A TROUBLE- SHOOTER AN' A EXPERT ALL PUT TOGETHER-WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS THEM
THREE ALL AT ONCE?
By EDWIN ALGER
FOOT IT! I'D LOOK WISE, KEEP MY EYES OREN, WY MOUTH SHUT, AN' DE
MYSTERIOUS —AN1 I'D MOSEY AROUND THE BIG GUSHER
WHAT'S STOPPED GUSHIN!
(Continued from Page 4)
OOOPS! THERE HE (S)
TALKIN' 70 GENE
•WARNER! NOW THEN, WHERELL HE GO
FROM HERE?
MISTER, KIN
ALL RIGHT,
YA GIVE
ME A LIFT?
KID-HOP
IN-
dir.
11-8
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO, SON?
By ROWIN ALGER
OH, ANY PLACE-
I NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SERVICE WHEN IT'S FREE-
Kielrooms by The boi fymanet Jack
OKAY, MY BOY-DRIVER, TAKE ME TO MARTIN MODCHEM'S
OFFICE AND THEN TAKE THIS YOUNG MAN ANY PLACE.........
THAT IS, ANY PLACE WITHIN
REASON!
ALL RIGHT, HITCH-HIKER, WHAT'S THE BAD NEWS?
THANK YOU, MY GOOD MAN, BUT WITH THE PRICE O' GASOLINE GEIN' WHAT IT IS I THINK PLL HOOF IT FROM HERE!
BEN, I'VE LEARNED
SUMP'N!
By EDWIN ALGER
'MEMBER OLD MARTIN MOOCHEM? THE GUY WHO FIRST WENT GOOFY
ON OIL AROUND HERE? WELL, PETE ROLEUM IS DOWN HERE
SEEIN' HIM!
HONESTLY? ARE YOU SURE?
F274
AM I SURE? LISSEN, FAL, I'M POSITIVE!
BUT THAT AIN'T THE HALF OF IT! {KIN ANNOUNCE, ON THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY, THAT HAPPY VALLEY IS ALL WASHED UP
AS AN OIL FIELD!
GR-RR
HAPPY VALLEY ALL
WASHED UP AS AN
OIL FIELD? WHAT
DO YOU MEAN,
RUSTY?
F 275
11-10
JEST THAT!
BY ZOWIŃ ALLER
AND RUSTY TOLD HOW HE HAD FOLLOWED PETE ROLEUM TO THE OFFICE OF MARTIN MOOCHEM AND ACCIDENTALLY OVERHEARD THE
CONVERSATION OF THE TWO MEN-
| S'POSE | SHOULDN'T O`-DONE IT, BUT I JEST COULDN'T
HELP IT AN'-
- ALMOST FAINTED OUT IN THE HALLWAY WHEN THIS GUY,
PETE ROLEUM, UP AN' TELLS MOOCHEM HAPPY VALLEY IS THROUGH (CAUSE THE GUSHER TAPPED JEST A TINY END OF A
BIG OIL POOL AN'—
---THAT THE WHOLE
POOL IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OTHE HILLS THAT AIN'T
IN THE SUBDIVISION-
BUT THAT'S
OUR LAND, TOO, RUSTY!
F276
F1-11
Y''MEAN WE OWN THE LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE O' THE HILLS, TOO, BEN?
By EDWIN ALGER
ABSOLUTELY,
RUSTY! THAT'S PART OF THE ORIGINAL TRACT- WE'VE ONLY
SUBDIVIDED HALF, YOU KNOW-
WOW! THAT MEANS WE'RE IN THE BUCKS! THEM BIG OIL GUYS'LL SWOOP DOWN ON US LIKE FLIES OO ON SUGAR!
AN' WE'LL LET 'EM DRILL OVER THERE CAUSE IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH HAPPY VALLEY, HUNH?
RUSTY, DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK HOW MUCH TROUBLE OIL HAS CAUSED YOU
AND ME?
WHY...ER...ER..
YEAH-----
WHY, YEAH,
IT HAS!
1,4
#1-13
GUESS WE'D BETTER
BÓ BASY 'BOUT LETTIN' 'EM START
DRILUN EH?
YES, I GUESS WE'D BETTER
HAD, ĮRUSTY-
Entoured by The Ben Tradká
BOYS, WE'VE WON OUR FIGHT! THERE AIN'T A SPECK O' DRILLING GOING ON IN HARRÝ VALLEY TODAY! BY JOVE, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT FOLKS HAVE
DECIDED TO OBEY THE LAWI
NEITHER BEN NOR RUSTY WANTED TO KEEP MAYOR BALLINGER IN THE DARK, HOWEVER, SO THEY TOLD HIM ALL
THEY'D DISCOVERED AND.......
GOODNESS ME! SO THAT'S IT? HAPPY VALLEY'S JUST RUN OUT OF OIL, EH? YOU BOYS GOING TOʻLET
THEM MAKE AN OIL CAMP OUT OF
YOUR OTHER LAND?
By EDWIN-ALGER
278
I-THINK.RUSTY
AND I ARE
GOING TO TEND TO OUR REAL-ESTATE BUSINESS—
F277
YEAH, WE
GUTTA
GOOD!
RUT-OVER
THIS
SUBDIVISION"