WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE NINI
ALONG NATURE'S TRAIL
by KEN McLEOD
From Unit to time we hve been has engaged the activity ol schol
asked the question as to where a jars lor many generations. Mod
reader, interested in the Klamath era archacloglcal explorations ol
Basin, can find written material jthe Klamath Basin by Dr. Cress
upon the Klamath Country. Unfor- man and his students ol the Uni
versity ol Oregon and work by stu
dents from the University of Cali
fornia has opened uew vistas of
the antiquity of man in this region.
mis nas,iimo to do with the con-
tunately there b no single book
which deals specifically with the
Klamath Basin and its history.
What haa been written about tins
area is scattered through many
books and publications much of troversies that raae among schol.
which has been long out of print, i ars over the subjects of Atlantis
Eventually there will be some pub-, and Lemurla which Is an entirely I
Hcation written to cover the Klam-; duferent subject that seeks the an- i
ath Country but until such time cestral birthplace of the human !
comes we will have to depend upon race. j
the faculties of our local libraries in our little excursion Into seek-
and the new Klamath County Mu-jing the source of the story of the '
seum as sources of information. j "Mystery People'" of Mount Shasta 1
rur uiusr who nro uuvresiea uiina vl vuuuij iibvc uisvuvcico. u in
the mysteries of this great country the writings of Professor Larkin,
I can recommend the book 'Xe- the astronomer who reportedly
murla" by W. S. Cerve published turned his telescope northward and
by the Roslcrucian Press, Ltd. at saw the now famous city with it
San Jose, California. It Is a popular 'golden domes and buildings of mar
priced book1 and not an expensive De Since the book by Cerve has
publication, its chapter on -the'oce characterized as "startling"
"Mystery People'of, Mount Shas-tne editor for the Kosicrucian
ta Is the only place where the ex-jPress felt It necessary to add a
tensive series of stories of this Tra-: wortl 01 explanation in the appen-
dition is readily available. iix of the book. The editor writes:
Whether one accepts the "Mvs-i ",In reg,ard to the atory ittrtbut
tery People" as fact or fiction the'led 10 J'.50'. L,rk'"- " has ?een
one thing that cannot be denied isl, " " """
uujiwiuic iui mill w Have bCCU
any part of Mt. Shasta through a
telescope from any mountain peak
in California, unless he was within
a few hundred miles of Mt. Shas
ta at the time. We do not know
where Mr. Larkin was located at
the time that he made the discov
ery attributed to him, and there
fore cannot attempt to argue the
point. Mr. Larkin did publish, how
ever, in his featured newspaper
and syndicated articles various
comments about this mysterious
tribe which he believed he discov
ered accidentally. Even some time
before this discovery was made by
him Mr. Larkin showed consider
able Interest in the study of the
remnants of ancient Lemur ia. and
one of his articles dealing with the
lost Atlantis and other lost conti
nents was published in the Hearst
newspapers, and especially In the
San Francisco "Examiner" of Wed
nesday, December 31, 113. In this jcoples of it are now available, si
partlcular article Mr. Larkin tells jthough Mr. Larkin states thai a
the story of the young man who !py of it consUim .of lour bun
went to the foot of Ml. Shasta in dred and forty-three pages was be
California and who discovered "re him as he wrote his news
there some evidence of a strange V rUcle- w therefore.
group of people, and wrote a mar
velous manuscript about them. He
claimed that some magic influ
ence came over him while in that
district and forced him to write
the strange manuscript which he
later revealed confidentially to a
number of persons. This manu
script was written In 1886, but no
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that Mr. Larkin was deeply Inter- with "A Fragment of the Ancient
rated In these matters, and wa find Continent of Lemuria, and in this
Uiat In the Overland Monthly for
1908. Volumn Fifty-two, Pages 163
to 167, there was an article dealing
article It Is slated that 'California
was a center of a civilization that
antedates the continent of Atlantis
by thousands of years.' "
get wt best i2
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that it makes an Interesting story
worthy of telling and as a part of
the folk-lore of our country helps
lend maturity to our civilization.
Unlike the area along the eastern
sea-board we posses few"hants"
and fewer "haunted houses'" but
we can go our eastern cousins one
better by having a great mountain
of mystery.
The search of the ancestry of
man is one of the subjects that
' Home
Extension
By Mn. Walter Sohrakoff
The very Interesting project
"Embossing Thin Metals," led by
Mrs. Fred Speer and Mrs. Don
Parks, was the focal point of the
meeting; held by the Fairhaven
Home Extension unit, Wednesday,
October 30, from 10:30 to 3 o'clock
t Joan's Kitchen.
Ten members, choosing Indivi
dual designs, finished wall plaques
from aheet copper. The Interest In
the project was such that it was
decided to have more meetings.
The first will be held at the home
of Mrs. Fred Speer, 323 Nevada
Avenue, October 39, from 10:00
3:00. Bring sack lunch. Any mem
ber interested should contact Mrs.
Speer.
As the December meeting is to
be a social meeting it was decided
to have a Christmas party similar
to those held In previous years.
During the potluck lunch Mrs.
Lee Holllday auctioned foodstuffs
and clothing donated by the mem
bers to raise money for the unit.
The legislative chairman, Mrs.
Walter Sohrakoff, reminded the
members that November , 2 ' is
Election Day and not to forget to
vote.
The next meeting will be Novem
ber 17, and the project will - be
"Touch Uns for Wood Furniture
led by the Home Extension agent.
Hope Holbrook. Tills project will
be the May Festival display for
the unit.
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I think that In this statement by
the Editor of the Roscruclan Press
we have found the basis of our
story of the "Mystery People" of
Mount Shasta. The manuscript re
ferred to by Larkin is still avail
able and was In book form at the
time the Larkin story was writ
ten for the Examiner on Decern
ber 91, 1913. Its title "A Dweller
on Two Planets" by Phylos, writ
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