The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-10-19
|DR. ELIOT CELEBRATES
SEVENTEEN BIRTHDAY


and highly respected here he owns
property here, including the Eliot
Block at the corner of Oak and Second
streets. He and Mrs. Eliot at the first
of this year donated to the city a plot
of ground south of town on Indian
Greek for city park.
DIR. Eliot was born in ST. Louis De-
tober l3, l84l, the first son of Rev.
William Greenleaf Eliot, d. D., LII.
D. and Abigail Adams Eliot, a woman
OF great prominence in the early his
tory of st. Louis. says the Oregonian
He received his preparatory and col
legiate education at Washington Uni
versity from which he was graduated
| in its first class i'm 1862 and from which
he received the degree of Master of
Arts in 1865. In his school career his
sight failed and he took a trip around
Cape Horn to China, but gained no
relief. He returned to school and con-
tinued his course greatly hampered by
poor sight. After graduating he was
engaged for two years in the ministry
at-large in st. Louis in charge of the
mission house connected with his
| fathers church. At that time he did
great deal Of work among the poor
and also acted as tutor IN Latin and
Greek in Washington University. He
was enlisted in the First Missouri Vol
unteers in the early part OF this period
but did not leave the state in the war.
He was discouraged in his intention of
entering the ministry by his failing of
eyesight. but complied finally to the
| aF 10 faNk
in the Harvard Divinity School, where
he finished two-year course in one
year.
His first pastorate was in Louisville,
KY, where he took the pulpit of Rev.
John II. Haywood for several weeks.
| He went from Louisville to st. Louis
and was made associate pastor of his
| fathers. church. He was ordained
there November 10, 1865.
He was married November %, 1865
to Henrietta X. Mack and left shortly
afterward for New Orleans where he
took the pulpit in Unitarian Church
for a short time. still holding the
associate pastorate of his father S
church.
In November, 1867, he resigned from
his New Orleans and st. Louis c0nnec-
tions to accept a call to the church
then being organized in Portland. On
the same day he received calls from
churches of Portland. Ore. and Port.
land, Me-, accepting the former by
return mail. DIR. Eliot with Mrs. Eliot
and infant son left st. Louis in No.
vember, 1867, and arrived in Portland
40 days later, a.trip being taken in the
meantime through New York and Pan.
anna. On his arrival in Portland he
was called the "Boy Preacher, be
cause of his unusually youthful appear
ance.
DIR. Eliot was prominently connected
with the campaign which resulted il
the establishment of the State Boart
of Charities and Corrections. the frs
organization of the kind on the pacif,
Coast. He has always been promi
nently identified with Temperance,
movements and with Woman's Suf
frage. In political line he has he'll
several positions among which wa
that of Superintendent of Schools il
Multnomah County.
DIR. Eliot is a polished orator. H
has little liking for religious contro
versy and confines his sermons largel
to virtues of Christian character. III
has preached many baccalaureate ser
mons in colleges under the control o
evangelical churches and has ofte
preached in churches of other demon
nations.
DIR. Eliot's home has been blesse,
with eight children, seven of whom ar
living. The eldest is Rev. William g
Eliot, Jr., pastor of the Unitarian
Church. of Portland, where his fathe
served for so many years.
In his connection with the Unitarian
Church in Portland Dir. Eliot wol
thousands of friends. He has carrie,
the church through hard fight to
point where it is one of the stronges
churches in the city. DR.. Eliot re
signed his pastorate in January, 1893
After his resignation he was electe,
pastor emeritus and frequently occu
pies the pulpit at the Sunday services
In civic affairs probably no man il
Portland has been more active thar
DIR. Eliot. He is a director in tn,
Portland Library Association, vice
president of the Art Association and
member of practically all of the char
liable institutions and phlanthropi
organizations of the city.
DIR. Eliot. who has long been clo,
friend of E. l.. Smith, of this city
secured through him the propert,
: south of the city, portion of whici
he recently donated to the city for
park. 1t was the plan of the grea
humanitarian to keep the place in
natural state and to come here in tn,
summers and rest. He built summe
home there and until the house wa
destroyed by fire several years ago
DIR. Eliot and his family used to spen,
their vacations there.
DIR. Eliot has always taken grea
interest in the Unitarian church o
Hood River and has preached man,
sermons to the local congregation.
| Always fond of the natural beautie
of the scenery of the Hood River Val
ley. DR.. Eliot. accompanied by friends
has made many journeys into tn
places of interest. In many cases tn,
visits were pioneer ones and trails ha,
to be cut. 1t was in the company o
E. l.. Smith, Newton Clark, Prof. l.
| t. ElCUueTSuD anu UIneiS tiidt tHe IlOS
Lake region was penetrated. 1t wa
at this time that by a suggestion o
some one of the party that the beauti
ful body of water received its name.
In recalling some of their expedition
last Friday MIR. Smith told of an inter
esting incident of journey into tn
Trout Lake region of Washington
I'VE were camped one night, = he said
"ln the vicinity of Trout Lake. Tn
country was full of Indians, thei
tepees were everywhere. Our Klicki
tat guide, a splendid type Of physica
Indian manhood, was seated nearby
ASK him, spoke DR.. Eliot, Where tn
Indians go when they die. did Sc
Indian know, when he 60 was tn
I reply. That Indians philosopher,
said DIR. Eliot.
The Eliot Glacier of Mount Hood i
named for DR.. Eliot.
The best plaster. A piece Of fianne
dampened With Chamberlain's LIN
ment and bound on over the affecte