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Show Joke on Petty. Friends Have Him Going South in Search of a 160 Acre Farm. "Il.f'. Petty, Jr., the local school or correspondence man. was the victim of a cruel joke Friday," sajs the News, and today he Is going mound thirsting for gore. Some alleged friend or his In some fashion secured an olllcial post card of the pattern sent out from Provo noticing the lucky winners In the reservation drawing that they had drawn a homestead. This was tilled out, and read that Mr. Petty had drawn No. 7. So as to clinch the alTair by the same mall he icceived a letter written on Senator Reed Smoot's note paper and bearing the alleged signature ol Mr. Smoot, which fairly simmered over with congratulations. The shirt studs on Mr. Potty's manly man-ly bosom fairly popped out when he open his mall. Ho rushed up town and piocccdcd to show the evidences of his good luck to all his friends. When they expostulated with him that they had not seen his name pi luted in the papers he assumed a a supeiscilllous air and remarked that the papers had got all balled up as usual," and other unkind tilings re-gaullug re-gaullug the picss. Then he started to take up a labor with the various news editors, in an endeavor to get them to rectify the damage donelilm. Eventually he began to have doubts, and, so It Is said, barreled the train for Provo to tint out at least he was missing from his customary haunts soon after the train south had left. lie Is now looking far the practical Jokers while the (ellows who perpetrated perpetrat-ed the alleged Joke are bathed In cold perspiration with visions of a tcim In prison far forgery staring them In the face." |