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BR es RE BA A A A ee I, THE GUMPS— TOMORROW THE LAST DAY \ T eesog aT TB ‘ ig): BIA GUMP- POWELL THIS IS THE FINISH- Proven HE cLouns ARE Cpa pag ALL SEEMS I THINKS TNAT BY TRY a AND NERE IS THE FINAL NOTICE - = THERE'S A RIFT IN tet WM] MAKING A PAUPER RIN SUCH WONDEREUE SReStORY IM AND HERE'S WHAT THEY SAY Uae eR TOM WITH ALL OF HIS TROUBLES SEES I] OF TOM CARR~ THE AND ALL THE MEN MANE s THIS 18 TO INFORM YOU “THAT THERE A RAY OF LIGHT AHEAD = WIDOW WILL TURN AGREED TO WAIT FOR THEIR PAY — WILL BE NO FURTHER EXTENSION ; : AND YOU ‘Tem DOWN~ HE HAS ta || _IF WE COULD ONLY GET AN GRANTED YOU ON YOUR NOTES Zo aoe WOULD ANOTHER GUESS [ff |/\ EXTENSION FOR A WEEK ON BEYOND TOMORROW — YES~ TOM: CONTINUE TO COMING = a |. ‘ PULL. THROUGH — “THAT MEANS) 1 Love You LovE ME SHE HAS NEVER \ aN 70 THAT BIM More THAN DIDN'T NAVE EEN SO IHAPPY Ne } ANH 4 GUMP MEANS ON NERCLIFE © ees & PENNY ? LET BIM DO HIS WORST SHE ONLY KNOWS THAT SHE ISIN LOVE- HEART- BODY AND SOUL = BIM HOLDS Tom's FUTURE IN THE PALM OF HIS. HAND — ZZ . 7 NOU 00 NOuR 7 THERE Y NOW AS MAN TO ay : EMILY, T'S WE COULD ] BEST BY THE CuiLoReN, | Won't | MAN, SKEEZIX, YOURE YOU tao W AWEULLN Ih LORA, AND AUNT EMILY| BE A GOOD oF HAVE GONE I, 1S ALWANS NEAR THING To NOU ANO ALWAYS GOT NC IF NC Ni re (OV IF YOU NEED A WORRY To Weep wien | AVERN TO Ro HER. | Asour SOMEBODY » = COUSIN GOIN' AWAY. : WORE CATES ix) = PHYLLIS, > ‘ %, NOUR MONEN'S Russia hopes it has found a dome: are shown (top) testing plants for rubbe right) wash caoutchouc obtained from laboratory. test manufactured from home grown rubber RUSSIA HOPES TO GET HOME RUBBER SUPPLY FROM WEEDS, out $12,500,000. The rubber fac- ree for rubber. Research workers content. Women workers (lower! At left are tires! Jot « Hondrilla. and Taousagyiz tory at Leningrad consumed about 80 t Pe t of this product. er cen| his produc Plants Will Be Tamed and | "tne Leningrad laborator eningra ‘atory first had Cultivated as Source |the idea of producing home grown | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS rubber, The rubber trust in 1925 sent tc } THAT'S HIS Lopée, DOWN |an expedition to South America, | | Look! THE LAKE is Moscow, July 7.—()—Soviet Russia,| which brought back rubber plant | rae y f rich in oll, grain and other natural seeds, 95 per cent of which were suc- re | eae sah = oe i barnes ee Bilghens wee \NHO CAN SAVE ONE OF resources, is rubber poor. {cessful in maturing. Boy: i AROUND IT ONCE BEFORE HEAR , HE’ od NR. KINGSTON'S “TRAINS But the Communist leaders hope to, Later experiments were made with FISH IN IT}. ARE \) WE LAND....JUST To suow OF THE CHolce SPOTS FROM MANIN' A remedy this flaw soon and roll their | wild hondrilla and taou-sagyiz. These WE SOING Have ? UP IN THIS PART | ‘YOU WHAT A SWELL WRECK, IS IT, own in gutta-percha without having | prove: while the wild variety is san to spend good, hard-earned gold with | not e ly adaptable, the cultured GOOD FISHIN’!!! British and American syndicates. | plant can be made to yield about 12 ‘The new hope of the Soviets is in| per cent rubber. caoutchouc, sometimes called India| rubber, and the wherewithal is in the | hondrilla and taou-sagyiz, plants ine which hitherto have been considered | Hettinger Man Is s only as weeds. | Elected to Office According to the doctors of the five | Re Bae year plan, some 50,000 acres will be) yr, ian = a gown to hondrilla and taou-sagyiz this |, P'"s N- D. July He a ames year, in Kazakistan, the Ukraine and /™€" who permit infected cows w Northern Caucasus. | mastitus, a chronic inflamation of How much rubber will be extracted the udder, to remain in their herds, from this crop is problematical. are not only suffering an economic Production Was Small loss but are also harboring a disease Last year the Soviet factories in which in some forms is a menace to Moscow ¢nd the Caucasus turned out | public health, Dr. D. H, Udall, veter- only about 1,500 pounds of home| inerian of New York State college, grown rubber. This was discourag-/ Ithaca, N. Y., told approximately 50 ing, but shea the Communists to| North Dakota veteranarians at the further efforts. jconcluding session of their two-da Endeavors were made to utilize the| meeting at the North Dakota agr.| MOM’N POP wild-growing hondrilla and taousag-' cyjtural college Tuesday. yiz in th Ukraine and Tajokistan, |“ Ofticers elected by the association but utilization of the “wild” product ‘are §. V. Lagerberg, Tioga, president; OF THE country! Freckies 2 PLACE MR. KINESTON sae KIDS ARE LUCKY ~ / To BE INVITED uP To KINGSTON'S PLAcE...IT ISN'T EVERYBopy 7 \WHO GETS To , COME UP Here! iE pmne i_e Relatives! By Cowan YOU'D NEVER THINK / IT WOULDN'T Tk Your T! THE THING THAT IGNITES LEAVE IT TO RICH BRAINS TO Dope THat OuTH! ME \S, THAT 1 HAD AUNT ‘RELATINES “THEY'LL WS JUST AWAY RICH |]HANNAH DOWN ON OUR / BEAT YOU To ALWAYS WRITING \RELATIVES HAVE OF GIFT UST FOR ADOLEN THE PUNCH EVERY’ ry wen TIME , NITH CHEAD f . WELL, THATS || BUT WOULDNT You apparently has been difficult. So/ ty. Dp. Odow, Hettinger, vice presi- THOUGH | TIME 1 SEE THIS STOOL, RELATIVES |] THINK , WITH ALL HER. aie to tame and| gent; Lee M. Roderick, Fargo, secre- AUNT TO THINK THAT AUNT The Soviets are also planting ga- | ‘**¥~‘reasurer. HANNAW'S | HANNAH WITH ALL HER DOUGH, vauli, another plant from which rubs j —— OLD CHAIR, | INOULD HAVE THE NERVE TO ber is obtained. In addition a plant | @————W______ SHt GAVE | PLOP AN OLD.cREAKY called vatochnik, which contains a} Sti Soluti certain amount of rubber, is to be | _Stickler Solution | ites een US FoR A cultivated. ‘ The Soviets have formed a special \S GONE | trust for developing the rubber in- FOREVER, dustry under the name of “Kauchuk- mS onos.” This trust has organized six i farms for planting rubber trees, three MEMORY LINGERS ON--- of which are in Kazakistan and one each in Turkmenistan, the Trans- Caucasus and the Ukraine. Two scientific research institutes also are busy in hunting new rubber- bearing plants. Mave High Hopes To get the alphabetical order of A, B, The hope is that the Soviets will f es aN be able to obtain 50,000 to 60,000 tons. | © ae By hie ‘op A nee and H of rubber from their own resources | 0" he middle line and I, J, K and L on within three or four years, the bottom line, exchange the counters The rubber plight of the Commu-| | in the followin nists is shown in the import figures for | au 1930. Last year some 15,000 tons of caoutchouc were imported at a cost ' SALESMAN SAM She’s Bang-Up! B - = Small WELL GocdBYE, HONEY / MUST BE (wé MY GoopNeEess/ 1 WHAT Has HAPPENED, Z GETTING To THe STORE//' GLAD a " : ( WECC, A'S BRoKe DUH YOU LIKE THE MAID 1 SENT You ? ea nga Peas SET WHAT Goes Wie /r/ YEsTEr dar { CNS dlabeadigan * : “(Tle cream PITCHER OB YUH BEST CHINA > MOO. Ouchy” |\\e Peete Se Ii YUH KNOW DAT i yee’ we inicn our |/ meee Vou ame MY FATHERS ‘CASTLE -~ XRIP BY MororR ! AND MY ANCESTORG’! 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