The Springdale news., 1915-08-13
SPRING VALLEY.
Last W eek.

#sitiag b degeop considerable in terest. 1t is proposed 10 continue t4e series through this week |. satA-siasm 2reya k.
 Ne heard ttat John Homesley aad horse ard buggy appropriated Saturday night by some one who alft to take ride but was sh9rt oI transportation facilities. Marx Sanders and John Pruner Aiadly went after tae outfit and car eI sor l. waea tha appropriation had raiia4uisaed ais interest in the eiai 3lent fA=s= using other peo- pla's stock, without permission : tting 10 be too# common. Some -a.loa is liable to get a little trans port1tion at state expense if caught.
 Demons .rator ". il. Dyer Will ad- dress the farmers at tae Goat Ranch PIX. 9a,h Of War Eagle Aa5. II. 0thes speakers vii entertain tae ero9d and good music and singers aee promised
 5aa54y afternoon 8as fortunate eaaush to set good view 0. remarkable spot oa tae san. T. wa s5 dLsserent from aat had eyer 59zezsed Etlfoae.ft at first it ff#fzt be something oa the tefe= ssape object glass. Haea turned to tae clear sky tae obieet was not to 5a seen. 1Jt when returned 70 tie san Whatever | was became visi- bIs again al the same point on the sans surface. Several circular spots were seen near =tHe suns cen ter. while the one that interested na 50 much Was the lower poe- ton of tle suns disc. about forty fife degrees from the vertical. east fae spot was about four times greater in length than in breadth. and was nearly at right angles n t4e middle Hardly anything con aeeted with the solar physics has interested science more than spots oa- tAe suns surface. Aside from tla fact that the spots cause elee- tf.esl and magnetic disturbances on tae earth, it is thought by many that the temperature Of the earth is modified by their presence. The great spot now seen has been visible f9r. several weeks. The sun turns round in about twenty-five days. SO " seE good views z tAe disturbance 2 periods Of about twelve days. The sde Of the sun having tae greatest a.aoant of surface covered with spots is the #e87#est.= =sg when that side k turned toward as we exPer= #isaee= cooler weather. Last week the magnetic needle#at=t =st. Louis Gsaz iYarstty chan sea itss. variation aAaef tsa dssrees Other magnetic pha5 namena were also noticed in eoa- aaetien with this appearance of tae spot. Astronomers estimated the spots diameter at 5o.opp miles. af tempted by aid ef the seXtant. t9 get .pn idea Of the tensth of the spot seen sunday. but clouds inter fired before could get the instra- Hans ready. According t0 NeHeeH E the earth, seen from tAe sun, would cover a space of seventeen and . half seconds, or il would be hidden br q number twelve wire held nine ty feet from the eye. The spot seen #Saa1a5 WOE i judge to De al least ! sixteenth of the suns diameter in length or two minutes, CT eight times the earths diameter. Asuouamer Harschel attempted to prove that corn crops are influenced by the number of s4n spots His views eo- ineiae with many more recent au- thofites. It is held that the more spots. the cooler the sun. and as corn is hot weather plant. its growth would be retarded by the cool weather due to such solar disturbance es. We have experienced eopl spring, and q resulting backVardness in corn growth this season Some claim the excessive rains were eaus- cd by the war. but xoa watch tHe sun spots and the rain. When these spots are gone q hot spell vi1 come and excessive heat will charge the atmosphere with moisture dae b evaporation. Uita the return q taa spots cooler weather and preeipi tatien will ensHe lust what aaHse= the spots science has never definite Y deeiled, in f4et. sAa las da4 HH more snakes than she has killed in stulying the sun.
 letter from I.exineton 0kla. states that grain crops and fruit were never finer. The 'oklahomans e4r- tainly deserve ! crop once in awhile l don. know ealt Arkansas win have much to blow a' of 3n erain crops this year Dit sfe fa e re az 'c try again naSt s.r.as I. ae ils this t;lno.
 Mr and Mrs Hoast7n of Eeer'sg' {