Mr. Owings, as the state of nature, would suggest, has never been noted for his republicanism, and didn't go east especially to hear the praises of the republican administration sounded. And he says he didn't hear them sounded. In fact, maybe with the wish father to the thought, he predicts that this is going to be a democratic year.

On his way home, Mr. Owings stopped in south Idaho and says that during a late spring, the district is also having a large amount of hay. When he went through the district going east, there were thousands of tons of hay in stack, but this has now practically all been disposed of.

In Maryland, the Moscow man says, there is still considerable booze floating around, some of it the result of the numerous raids which are being made on distilleries, and some of it the regulation southern moonshine. Mr. Owings had been suffering from rheumatism for several years, but was greatly improved by his trip. He is glad to get back to Moscow, which he still believes is situated in the earth.

STOP AIR ACCIDENTS
New Aircraft Engine Eliminates Use of Gasoline.
Use of Heavy Fuel Oil, It Is Believed by Experts, Will Prevent Such Disasters as That to Army Dirigible Roma.
Baltimore, Md.—Experiments conducted by the national advisory committee for aeronautics, under the general direction of Dr. Joseph S. Ames, have developed an aircraft engine eliminating the use of gasoline, which Doctor Ames described as the "fundamental cause" of fire accidents in the air. 