Law: Andy Gump

Andy Gump, a rancher at Scots' Mills, near Salem, Ore., announced that he will resort to the courts " to protect the dignity of his honorable name." Only recently has, he learned that a fictitious comic character of the same name has been a source of income to cartoonists, and that his patronymic no longer commands the respect that it once did. Said he in a letter to the ex-police chief of his home town: " I want it understood that I am a God-fearing man and will protect my rights."

Mr. Gump's situation...

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