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Page Four Eastern Clackamas News Entered at the postoffice in Estacada, Oregon, as second-class mail. Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. GIBBS Editor and Manager. S ubscription R ates One year Six months . - . . - $1.50 * .75 Thursday, April 10, 1919 The Divine Tragedy It is doubtful whether the Passion play at Oberammergau which attracted thousands of visitors to that picturesque little Bavarian village every decade, will ever again be presented. But long before Oberammergau ever existed the s u b l i m e spectacle of the Passion was each year presented, in the most dramatic manner. In fact not only the Passion but the whole of the Gospel drama, is put on the boards, as it were, by the church in her annual round of fast and festival. The Christian year commemorates in orderly se quence, the main facts, whereby our salvation was wrought by Him who came down from heaven, and became man in order to effect this. At Christmas, the Holy Nativity occupies the stage, at Epiphany, the visit of the wise men from the east, and so on. During the last five weeks that weird fast and temptation in the wilderness has been set before us, and now we are about to be hold the great tragedy of the drama, the Passion, Crucifixion and the Burial of Jesus Christ. This coming week is called Holy Week, because it is most particularly set apart by the Church for the devout and re ligious commemoration of those solemn and tragic events, which culminated on Calvary. During the week these are reenacted, by being brought most vividly to ourremembrance. through special services and devotions. This particular act of the drama, is one continual shifting of scenes from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, un til the setting sun of Good Fri EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS day, sees the hasty committal of the bruised and scarred Body to the tomb, when the curtain drops WE HAVE to rise again on the glorious scenes of Easter morning. A Little Explanation To the Editor: 1 am like the Irishman who wnen taken into court, andasked wheth er or not he was guilty, leplied. that he could not tell until he heard the evidence. Now that is the way I have been situated in regard to the charges made by the present School Board. But after hearing all the testi mony, I have decided that I am not guilty, as far as the money loaned for the district. I will admit that perhaps the old Board did not follow the letter of the law, as none of them profess to be lawyers. But the money is all coming back with interest. The parties have been tendering the money, but unable to find anyone to take it. I want to say right here, that the notes are all good, andlstandready to make every one good which might fail. The only money that I know of, that the old Board lost for the district, was for something they sold to one of the investigating committee, who made a very eloquent speech at the last meeting, giving the old Board fits. This bill we could not collect up to the time I went out of office. And I am inform ed that it has not been paid since. As to following the law, I think the present Board is farther from it, than any of their predecessors. In the first place, the acting chairman is not chairman and is not recognized as such, by the County Superintendent, and one member has sold to the district since being on the board $325 worth of goods, at prices which do not appear to me to be the lowest. This is as much in violation of the law as anything I have heard of. As to the chairman of the committee, I never have consid ered him anything, as it seems to be his idea to obstruct and tear down rather than boost. (Signed) J. W. Reed. Note: The above letter is published, as in our opinion Mr. Reed is entitled to say something in his own defense. But with thjs. the matter closes as far as we are concerned, as we see no good, but harm in continuing the controversy. People who are acquainted with its history have formed their own opinion, and the editor being a new comer does not propose to butt in. If anyone thinks still, that anything serious is the matter, let him try the case in the courts and net in the columns of the N ews . — Editor. Thursday, April 10, 1919 FOUND IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE! WE ADVERTISED A NEW SHIPMENT OF FEED LAST WEEK. WE SOLD OUT AND HAVE A NEW SUPPLY THIS WEEK. PRINCESS FLOUR OUR LEADER A NEW SHIPMENT THIS WEEK. The Flour Guaranteed—The Price a Little Higher—The Quality a “Little Better” than others. 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