The morning call., 1893-01-02

ometaf Assessment Table.
Loring Pickering, past GrandI I, Q. Q. F.

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Many Kind. :appreciaiiye and merited
tributes have heen paid by: cur brethren Of
the press to- The tifewezk aud ACCOMPLISH
ments OF the good brother. who a few days
| age. was. called upon to- take down his tent
ON earth. and pass beyond tho swelling
waters" but we desire to place npon record
hfs eyetiontu the cause OF fraternity, and
his constant and an firing efforts to. extend
its; mission and DIactieai blessings. for here
itwas that mankind knew him closest and
best. FIX: .:;,: !: s. .''.- -
Brother Pickering ioited Wildey Lodge,
LrO. Q. F.: of ST. Louis. Mos in tSi6. and
shortly after located in San Francisco. be-
came: a nieIpber of. Templar Lodge. No. IL,
ofthfs city, and was a part of the great
work of:that lodge in extending the mission
Of the. order to ,Austraia, Germany aud
foreign lands. In: 1874, he: was first vice
grani ard then noble grand Of said lodge,
making a courteous. abba and popular
I official. n or did the passing of The chairs
cause him 10 neglect bis lodge, bus for many
years afterhe was regul lar attendant and
participant. s. His wife and himself also
ttlok mifeh Interest in THE Degree of Re-
bekab, ard were valuable aids 10 its early
history here. :. .: 7 -: :.
f.. :Ayhen hisffiends and associates, FARMS
weqtb. Porter Austin. and others, ggested
the idea of Veteran: Old Fellows, Asso-
citation, lie gave:it personal and pecnniarr
support, and his. name stands No. . on the
chg rterfQll. :. :. -
In 1877 he en- gagged the writer to Qnd uct
7 a: department. In sHuIE MQRNfNG :CAEIi in
the interest of Legitimate frnteFhat societies,
with nd:uther RI qniFeIneut than that every
Venerable ASSOCIATION, Large or small fon-.
estly Working pom the broad Basis oil visit;
/ ing the sick, relieving thedfslressed. bury
ing 1.-The dead, protecting the. widow and
educating the orphan Should have equal
rights and facilities for publishing its Items
of p{ogress.! ..*.iis II.
8: +" IL was q featura which soon became pop
plaF: Throughout the Continent. until to-day.
lending tappTs In eyeFya large city.+have
cnpfe d This idea, origihal=wi th:0ar lamfnted
brother. r: 81 -. >.>.} :.
When the CO. 0peratige asses snient frater-
mites presented tbeir propositions. To- the:
| pEbtic,:; notahly:t he: A. %. Vs. Win 1SI8,:
after acaFefuh exam natio lie Endorsed and
recognized The SAME as coni ne ben cit TO
the world and wien moneyed corporations
were: sing their utmost TO: stop The: on ward
advance of the@order, and by advertise
mer3s, circulars, etc, bellttle the idea,.I he:
/ GAEL tooa almost alone flavor of the
/ fraternity, defendlhg its plattOEn, ar gum
Its feasibility and the pro perlty which tile
years since then have So completely Full.
filled. j. - - t@. 80.
YES, fraternity at.large. and especially
the COO peratlve, Legitimate orders. @ewe:Ga
lasting debt to Brother Pickering, and they
recogni ze the obligation. 4 he world may
| prbneilnee him as having been cold, reti-.
cent. retiring, but the fraters with whom
be associated for long years :csn.testlfy to a:
geniaitfy of temper, a warm aid affection
ate heart. u generosity ard libHratity when
ever and wherever needed to aid honest
necessity snd sure ring. the memory Il and
/ as Kind deed : are RENE nibeTed ON earth. /.
Mankind has lost friend, fraternity a
stanch and unfalltng adherent But this
nearly half q century OF fraternal life has
not been without results, which outast he
| life OF the worker, and not only the pres
| ept but DAYS to come Will have reason to
bless the fact that Lpring Pickering has