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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1981 : = @ THE GUMPS—AIN’T LOVE GRAND \ KNOW STHAT YOU THINK I'MA CRAY BUT | CAN'T HELP ASTING LIKE THIS = NENRIETTA WA® ALL IN “THE WORLD ‘TO ME - SHE MEANT RVERYTHING — AND 1 BDO LOVE HER So- ) CAN'T NELP IT = KNOW IT'S FOOLISH JO ACT LIKE THIS BUT SHE'S ALL THAT I'VE THOUGHT OF FOR YEARS = I'VE DREAMED ‘i DAY AND NIGHT OF THE TIME WHE SHE AND } WOULD BE HAPPY JOGETHER= IN OUR OWN LITTLE HOME = WITH OUR KIDDIES BY OUR SIDE = LIVING IN A PARADISE OF OUR OWN= AND NOW MY DREAM 18 SHATTERED ALL MY, AIR CASTLES. TUMBLED INTO RUINS = WHAT IS THERE, LEFT? ( Move \S LIKE SHE fv MEASLES = \T COMES ALL THE HARDER- WNEN IT COMES LATE IN LIFE - UNCLE BIM'S CASE \S DESPERATE- WE 1S MADLY IN LOVE WITH HENRIETTA = ~~ NO MATTER HOW HE RAVES — OR HOW HE ‘TALKS HE CANNOT FORGET HER — THERE? THERE- UNCLE BIM- Y= Jon HAVE EACH OTHER= BOT | AM AN OLD MAN> AS HE SAID— AND ONE — AMS MORE THAN L CAN BEAR— —= == WE CANNOT CONTROL. WIS LOVE FOR HER- NEITHER. CAN HE CONTROL THE FEELINGS OP WIS: HEART — Wits wart ano prveis ABOARD THE SS. MYOPIA, BOUND FOR ENGLAND, fi | SKEEZIX LOOKS FORWARD | f “ALL RIGHT, MANBE 1 CAN PICK YOU UP MINES PETE. YOU'RE THE KID THAT WAS A PACKAGE OF MATCHES. BUT MY NAME ISN'T Princess lleana of Rumania and Archduke Anton of Austria are to be married July 26 in an unostentatious ceremony in Sinaia, Rumania. HOW'D NOO LIKE ONE FIGHT ON SOVIE T BUTTER IN ENGLAND CAUSED BY INSECT Dead Bug Reveals Source of Product and Active Pro- tests Are Made London, July 14.—It was only one of “ those pesky little insects which the dictionary helpfully defines as an acaridan arachnid; a tick to you. Further, it was a dead tick, thorough- ly and completely dead. There was nothing startling in that Lots of ticks die. But this particular tick was embalmed in butter, and when all the circumstances of death became known, thin pened. British housewives 5; arms in a boycotting campaign w Played hob with marketing. Staid London newspapers, and some not so staid, raised particular and pluper- fect Cain. Members of Parliament Tose in the Commons to ask grave questions of the government. Com- mittees met in solemn session. There was the very devil to pay throughout the length and breadth of Britain. A tiny tick had assumed the proportions of @ mastadon. Ah-ha—a Foreign Tick! It all happened this way Some- body up in Cambridge bought a pound consi of butter: In that butter he found @ small insect. He was annoyed, and in his annoyance he took the insect to some scientific gentlemen at Cam- bridge university who know about ticks, and they studied the brute through # microscope. ! This revealed that the tick was not only a tick, but a Siberian tick found only in that country. The conclusion was clear. The but- | ter was Siberian butter, dumped by Soviet agents in England! And thet is when things began to | happen. Now as a matter of fact, as cold, unemotional wholesale butter deale Pointed out, an insect may be found | occasionally in butter produced in| tions are taken. And, secondly was pointed out that when Czars|/* ruled Russia, an enormous amount of Siberian butter was imported into England and disposed of here. Brought Butter Boycott But such things fell on deaf ears. newspaper campaigns. not having any Soviet ticks with their | butter, no sir! They declared an un-| official boycott on Russian butter. The result was that the Russian prc uct soon became a drug on the mi ket. Not only that, but mar wives, in an excess of cautior butter entirely, sticking to good ish margarine. The net result that big shops which handle butter had to pay for ads to reassure their frightened customers. Here is a sample: “No Russian Butter (in big black | letters). | “In response to numerous inquiries. | the Blank Company desire to an- nounce that they are not selling Rus- sian butter. The butter served at all their branches is from the mos) finest dairies and is produced under the best condition that was not the end of atter. The Daily Mail, which never overlooks a chance to hammer the British Socialist government and » to bo empire trade, said in its ading editorial: In Behalf of Farmers “The British farmer is complaining the unfair treatment that he is re- ceiving from the government in the er of the Soviet-dumped butter. is being undersold, it is simply | because the dice are loaded against him by our authorities. He is taxed, inspected, and regulated to an extent ‘ich puts up his costs to high fig- while the Soviet State farm can s it lists and employs forced labor. The public has no desire to encourage ie le of this Russian stuff. Many es will not touch it at any price. In simple justice to the Brit- ish farmer, customers ought always to be informed when Soviet butter or any other kind of Soviet produce is being supplied to them. The British all, has the right in his mmittee, which has been he marketing of imported the Merchandise Marks of 1926, brought in a report. It the butter would have to be y labeled as to its point of origin. Bon-Bon Bombardment There were other reactions too. For some time the Soviets have been dumping into Britain tons of choco- at prices which British manufacturers say they can- because the sugar alone that much. Now some of tionery shops are promi- ns: An fa arising over the anned salmon. In bulk of this food an and Canadian Russians have be: t mn their attention to this r i id they turn out a y. Nevertheless, the firms engaged either in rt or in the distribution of now are considering he Russian product in favor of the! American and Canadian. | Stickler ° Solution | Shae | i tese, PLATES suow RIBBONS CAV in PLEATS ano BONS, Bue ms of PETALS rnred ROSE; covoueéo desicns w PASTEL FIRST ARE MADE for aur cue ceockeey, STAPLE GF Our. TRADE, The words in large letters are the ones that were missing, and are all composed of the same six letters. a | SIDEGLANCES - - - By George Clark j TO THE OPEN SEASON: FOR ALOT OF FON. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS COME Quick, FRECKLES! AN AIRPLANE .. LOOK’ FLYIN’ RIGHT OVER NAW. THATS A MAIL PLANE...GOES SOMEONE /} OVER HERE COMIN | ENERY Day— ne eRe? a he i a. WONDER IF, ITS YOU COULONT GET ME IN ONE OF THOSE BLAME THINGS FER LOVE NER MONEY= I GUESS THEY GET USED TO IT, BUT 2 AINT THAT ceraty yeT!! FROM DUBLIN! RRND: ye COLLECTIN'? MATCH PACKAGES. NNHY, SAY= THATS. TW GREATEST SPorT IN THE worup, UNCLE JOHN! you WE? 1 S'Pose, WHEN You FLy ENOUGH, IT BECOMES SECOND NaTURE, Hun Ss, OH, HERBERT ! COME AND SEE HOIN LONELY ae SRY.11'S A BEAUT! WHAT A PAIR OF GOOFS HOSE TWO ACROSS THE HALL MUST BE, Saps Are Safe! THEY KNEW TO GWE IT AWAY SALESMAN SAM AND WOULD THEY GO THROUGH THE ROOF, IF That’s Much Better! I7'4e BE OKAY GY ME (= ( MEET WITH A Soon RECEPTION. ON A HOT MIGHT Like THIS, WHEN A00REss THE BUSINESS MENS CLUBS OF GEE , BOOTS ~11S WONDERFUL “BEING ALONE WITA You ! Ws \6 ABOUT THE Figer CHANCE VE HAD GENTLEMEN, THE “TRewaLe wT Busiess TooAY 1S THIS— Ye. THe PEOPLE ARE NOT BUYING Ne Howdy! THINGS) TM WONDERING WHAT THEYLL DO WHEN THEY GET WISE AW, You'Re cRA2y, MR. AIN'T AS BAD, OUR SlLoGAN —~— 0 PLEAsuRe BEFORE BUSINESS ( Reg. U.S Pat bythe Coase IT THAT WE OFFEN GETS HUNGRY FOR WORMS oN’ BIRD SEED, OON'TeH a i, Peeks I! NOT A THING! DO NOU WINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT ANYONE 1S GOING To ADMIT WELL, MEBBE The STATEMENT ¢ JusT-