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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!

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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!

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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!

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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

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I-THINK.RUSTY

AND I ARE

GOING TO TEND TO OUR REAL-ESTATE BUSINESS—

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YEAH, WE

GUTTA

GOOD!

RUT-OVER

THIS

SUBDIVISION"