Show MESCAL IKES CREATOR WEANED ON MILK PAIL CRADLED ON MUSTANG it Is seldom that a comic strip has become so popular in such a short time as has mescal ike the comedy epic of the golden west now appearing in in the san juan record it A AW S L HUNTLEY each week today it ranks among the topnotch comics of the country an and d is followed by millions of 0 readers from coast to coast S L huntley II creator and author of mescal ike was born bom in texas his rattle was a maguey rope on the other end ot of which bucked a salty ox he was weaned with a milk bucket and took his first toddling steps astride a wild eyed mustang now etow hes six feet one inch tall and is more comfortable in a saddle than a bed all abo tang and charm the bluff hu morand slapstick play of the west in in which he was reared mr huntley has managed to put into mescal ike is is alive and that is why it has attained its popularity you 11 ll like mescal ike miss sally price sheriff lem stebbins dirty shirt loney pat pa piffle and all the rest of the bolit boisterous erous characters in this laughter provoking new comic |