1941-02-07 — Page 22

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

FLOOT IT! 10 LOOK WISE, KEEP MY EYES OPEN, MY MOUTH SHUT, AN' BE MYSTERIOUS AN I'D MOSEY AROUND THE BIG GUSHER

WHAT'S STOPPED GUSHIN!

ALGER

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GOOPS! THERE HE (S!

"TALKIN' TO GENE WARNER! NOW THEN, WHERE'LL HE GO

FROM HERE?

MISTER, KIN

ALL RIGHT,

YA GIVE

KID-HOP

ME A LIFT?

11-4.

BEN, I'VE LEARNED

SUMP'N!

IN-

11-8

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO, SON?

By RDWIN ALGER

OH, ANY PLACE -

I NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SERVICE WHEN IT'S FREE-

OKAY, MY BOY-DRIVER, TAKE ME TO MARTIN MOOCHEM'S OFFICE AND THEN TAKE THIS YOUNG MAN ANY PLAGE....

THAT IS, ANY PLACE WITHIN

REASON!

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ALL RIGHT, HITCH-HIKER, WHAT'S THE BAD NEWS?

THANK YOU, MY GOOD MAN, BUT WITH THE PRICE 'O' GASOLINE BEIN' WHAT ÍT IS I THINK I'LL HOOF IT FROM HERE!

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?

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AM I SURE? LISSEN, PAL, I'M POSITIVE!

BUT THAT AIN'T THE HALF OF ITI IKIN ANNOUNCE, ON THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY, THAT HAPPY VALLEY IS ALL WASHED UP

AS AN OIL FIELD!

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11-10

THAT!

By RDWIN ALGER

AND RUSTY TOLD HOW HE HAD FOLLOWED PETE ROLEUM TO THE OFFICE OF MARTIN MOOCHEM AND ACCIDENTALLY OVERHEARD THE

CONVERSATION OF THE TWO MEN-

I S'POSE I SHOULDN'T σ DONE IT, BUT I JEST COULDN'T

HELP IT AN'-

-1 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" AN1—

-THAT THE WHOLE

POOL IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OʻTHE HILLS THAT AIN'T

IN THE SUBDIVISION-

BUT THAT'S

OUR LAND, TOO, RUSTY!

HAPPY VALLEY ALL WASHED UP AS AN

JEST

OIL FIELD? WHAT

DO YOU MEAN,

RUSTY?

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11-10 MM by EDWIN ALGER-

ABSOLUTELY, RUSTY! THAT'S PART OF THE ORIGINAL TRACT- WE'VE ONLY

SUBDIVIDED

YMEAN WE OWN THE LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OTHE HILLS, TOO, BEN?

WOW! THAT MEANS WE'RE IN THE BUCKS! THEM BIG OIL GUYS'LL SWOOP DOWN ON US LIKE FLIES DO ON SUGAR!

AN' WE'LL LET 'EM BRICL 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!

HALF, YOU KNOW-

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GUESS WE'D BETTER

GO BASY 'BOUT" LETTIN' EM START DRILLIN EH?

AUDA

YES, I GUESS WE'D BETTER

HAD, RUSTY-

Belimed by The Rett Hyká)

BOYS, WE'VE WON OUR FIGHT! THERE AIN'T A SPECK O'DRILLING GOING ON IN HAPPY VALLEY TODAY! BY JOVE, IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD THAT FOLKS HAVE DECIDED TO OBEY THE LAW!

NEITHER BEN NOR RUSTY WANTED TO KEEP MAYOR BALLINGER IN THE DARK, HOWEVER, SO THEY TOLD HIM ALL

THEY'D DISCOVERED AND... GOODNESS MEI SO THAT'S IT? HAPPY VALLEY'S JUST RUN OUT OF OIL, EH? YOU BOYS GOING TO LET THEM MAKE AN OIL CAMP OUT OF

YOUR OTHER LAND?

BY KOWIN, ALGER

I THINK RUSTY,

AND I ARE

GOING TO TEND TO OUR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS-

78.

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GOOD!

YEAH, WE GOT TA PUT OVER

THIS

„SUBDIVISION-

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