The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23
Grand Sire COekrum a
Fellows Delivers Pat,;.
Address.
HOME F1R 0RGANlZATIOI
IN UTAH EARNESp,
Bespeaks Aid for Daughi,
Rebekah in Project (,
This State.

Odd Fellows and their fnr
sembled in the Colonial tbs..
night to hear J. B Cockrum q.
of the order, deliver the ann;
address. The real anniyersarv i
occur until April 26. but tho o..
is compelled to, leave this
hence the date was set forz.|
that he could deliver the addrS.'
audience occupied all of the aud;
and part of the gallery. p,
Christensen was master of car.
Governor William Spry dol;rs:
address of welcome, He eujoo;,.
Odd Fellows and their work
that the principles lneulcaSed b
fraternity made better eitiseu;
ernor Spry most cordially n,
Grand Sire Cockrum TO Utah :
ing by asking him TO make N
more frequent.
Speaking from n stage decor,,.
the Stars and Stripes, Grand Sj1
rum S anniversary address Il,
tinctly patriotic In its trend. h
told how much he enjoyed bid
Utah and expressed gratituds
grand reception given him Frida.
at the Commercial club. Then h
lined the crccds and purDoses Il
Fellowship and traced It's histo,,
'Since $780, said Mr.. r.
"Odd Fellows Of the world hav|
$l30,000,000 for the relief n
brethren. ] take the date 1890 1I
Washington lodge No. |, altho|
isting eleven years prior to l596
no authentic records. Odd Falo|
day are contributing S5,00O00|
npally TO alleviate distress or
suage woe.
Principles Of Order.
"The principles that our order
es urges members to love theif d
their God and their fellow men.
our order was started we have
great war which rended the
in which many Odd Fellows 1
pated. Then when the Spanish,
can war became necessary the N
had worn the gray and their n
the men who had worn the bh
their sons fought side by side
honor of the flag. Such unity
and such loyalty are part Of fha
ings of Odd Fellowship and he 4
lows the instructions he receive
lodge room cannot fail to be 4
patriotic citizen
Grand Sire Cockrum in the "a
his address PAID eloquent tfib
the Daughters of Rebckah and
TALLY asked the Odd Fellows
operate with the Rebekahs in
an Odd Fellows orphans home Il
He SAID: g
''It is not for ME to direet,
the Odd Fellows of Utah will
the project of crectin" an q
home for this state to the cafs.
Rebekahs feel sure that ID
will soon become a reality.
"Good, law-abiding men and,
everywhere cannot fail to apl
the work done by both the "
lows and the Rebekahs," contis'
speaker. Manv man afaisle
loneliness and the fear OF q
greatly cheered by the visit Ok
brother. Our order places M
shoulders the responsibility fp
ing the orphans Of Odd FelloEss
over this broad land may be "a
stitutions for this purpose, :
Odd Fellowship Is sprsadn
Grand Sire Cockrum went ui|
how Odd Fellowship had 81
over the world. He said that Y
Sweden, Holland. Belgium, y
the Philippines, Canada and e
had recognized the benefits y
from membership in the order
prosperous lodges, Canada, be g
particularly fortunate IN tnlsn
He also told how promptly "
lows had sent relief 20 the s'n'
the Johnstown flood, the GalvcR
wave and the san Franclseo
quake. he responses Tor alo
time of the San Francisco dits'
been so generous, he said, ~.
money than was needed was
now forms a trust fund hela
grand lodge Of California.
The evenings exercises elossa
audience singing MY County,
Thee. - After adjonrnment "
Cockrum held n little levee
stage. when Rev. P. a, slmP1,
sented persons who theretoIoie Z
been given an opportunity, 10 y
l.