Show LASSEN VOLCANO REGARDED SAFE washington august 10 lassen volcano california spent most of its energy in its violent eruptions of last may alay according to reports received by the forest service and it is believed that there is little likelihood of further destructive outbreaks since the upheavals of may 20 and 22 the volcano has been under the observation of officers of the lassen national forest in which the peak stands and for the last month a of the U S geology geological ical survey has been making a scientific study of the mountain the investigations have confirmed the opinion that the eruption of two months ago when a river of mud was blown out of the north side of the crater and down hat creek with considerable sid erable damage to government and private property was caused by the melting of the snow on the peak tile the snow water running into the crater and being converted by the molten lava into steam altho it is possible that the volcano is simply conserving its energy for another outbreak ak the indications are according to the government on oil the ground fu ithee e ru p potions ff cg are kirkely to occur at least until next spring where another influx of snow water may cause a slight the first authentic report ot of the damage done by the eruptions of last may shows that early reports were greatly exaggerated forest rangers who have mado made a careful survey survey of the neighborhood of the volcano and have made several ascents accents to the rim of the crater report that the total extent of government land rendered useless by mud and lava is somewhat less than acres and that of the privately owned land rendered useless less than 1000 aera acres q comprising all told the grazing range of about cattle in addition by reason of temporary injury to other areas range lias has had to be provided for about SOO cattle which were grazed near the mountain inasmuch as some cattle and sheep are grazed on oil the lassen forest every year this curtailment tail tall ment of the range according to the forest service is almost negligible the forest officers on oa the ground estimate that the umber timber destroyed by br the eruption amounted to about 10 million board feet photographs photograph aken taken by que one of the rangers who were detailed to tc make obie observations ovations show trees several feet in diameter and feet tall lying on the mountainside where they were snapped off like toothpicks A boulder as big as ii freight caris car ts among the debris that was carried tor for several miles down the mountain by the mud how flow |