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Show MOUNT LA38EN 8TILL ACTIVE Red Bluff, Cal., Juno 15. ."Keep away from tho crater," is a warning that Is being given by W. J. Rushing, Rush-ing, United Sthtes forest supervisor, to the curious eager to view at close rango the cone ot Mount Lassen, which last night was again sending forth wfsps of steam and smoko. Another An-other eruption was believed today to bo Imminent. The most recent volcanic eruption In the United Stutes according to geologists, occurred at a point about eleven miles west of Lassen ptak, the vent being known as the cinder cone. The time ot this eruption Is estimated nt from 80 to 200 years ago. Basalt .flowed down tho slope Into tho val-, ley and formed a dam, which gave rise to a body of water now called Snag Lake becaTse'bf dead trees under un-der the surMvWcJt.yttre killed by |