Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1913 — TOLD TO DIG; NOW HAS $500 [ARTICLE]

TOLD TO DIG; NOW HAS $500

Californian Obeys Strange Message by Post to His Advantage-~Bent by Dead Man’s Executor. Mayfield, Cal. —“Go to the Bald Peak and wait until the setting sun casts the shadow of the dead redwood; then dig where the shade ends." These were the directions received by Steve Perkins, a wood chopper of the Alpine district Now he is richer by >SOO because he obeyed instructions. Twenty years ago Perkins saved the life of- Nathan Comstock, an oocentric resident of Woodside, and a letter hosted recently was written by Mr. Comstock, who died 16 years ago. Perkins believes that the latter waa sent by the executor of Comstock’s estate