Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-28

A Trip from Bellevue and other
Items of Interest.

A Trip from Bellevue and other
Items of Interest.
A correspondent of the Ogden Pilot,
writing from Kelton under date Of the oath
inst, furnishes the following notes of in
terest:
Wood River, the Mecca Of a countless
number OF pilgrims from the four quarters
Of the globe, is large and rich enough,
possibly, to furnish homes and happiness
to all who go thereduring the present sea-
son. The tide of emigration to the prom
ised land has already set in largely via KEEL
ton, and every train arriving at this place
brings considerable freight and some pas
sengers.
Your correspondent left Bellevue on the
Goth inst, and came through on horseback
to this point, reaching Kelton yesterday,
having met with neither difficulties nor OBJ
structions on the route. The distance be-
tween the two places is about 140 miles,
and the road the entire distance, with the
exception Of some three or four miles out
of Bellevue, is dry and hard enough to
permit Of the passage Of heavily loaded
teams, many of which are already en- route
to the promised land, freighted with pro-
visions and other necessary supplies. No
freight teams had reached Bellevue up TO
the time of my departure, and the supply
of food was limited-the natural result Of
so many people fiocking into a place where
a long Winter and isolation from the base
OF supplies had reduced tho stock of deal
ers to the minimum.
1t is yet too early to tell with any degree
of certainty how nearly the Wood River
country will justify the expectations Of the
many now there or who are making prepar-
atoms to go in. The area OF mineralized
territory is large and almost entirely I'M
~prospected, and none need be surprised to
see Wood River 1.-THE general name used to
designate the entire region) turn out to be
the richest mining district on the American
continent.
On my way to the railroad / met a wagon
train, one of the wagons being loaded
with the press and material to be used in
the publication of the Wood River News,
an enterprise entered into by a firm OF
practical printers from Eureka, Nevada.
They informed the writer that their. inten-
ton was to have the first number of the
paper out by the I'd Of May, if possible.
A paper printed at Omaha and published
at Bellevue was sent out a few weeks ago,
but the press and stock Of printing mate
rial for the paper, which was shipped from
Omaha via Blackfoot, a station on the
Utah 4 Northern. Railroad, have not yet
reached their destination. Since arriving
here l have been informed that Mr..
Harding, one Of the proprietors of the
contemplated new paper. came down via
ago for the purpose Of shipping hisIfreight
there and sending it over the Central Pa
cifc road to this place. Mr.. Harding,
accompanied by his wife, left here for
Bellevue last week.
Kelton was, until quite recently. a sleepy
tow containing few inhabitants and only
prominent by reason of being the southern
terminus Of the Boise City road-the route
over which a daily mail was land is now
carried between the railroad and Portland,
Oregon. Since the Wood River country
came into prominence and the eyes and
footsteps Of adventures were turned in
that direction, Kelton has emerged from
its Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, opened its eyes,
shaken off its lethargy and become a bust
ling place. Some OF the old settlers have
sold out to new corners, who are active
business men, and the old places have been
renovated and restocked with large sup
plies Of new goods, SO that outfits OF every
kind can be procured here as cheaply as in
San Francisco or Omaha. The new COM
ers are Principally western men and thor
oughly conversant with the needs Of a
mining community. There is talk of a
narrow gauge railroad to be built between
this place and Bellevue, but / have not
been able to learn whether there is " any
thing in it,"
Your correspondent is also informed on
undoubted authority, that a forwarding
business on a large scale will soon be
inaugurated at this point by R. H. Ire
gaskis, a well known forwarder of freight,
now of Salt Lake City, but formerly do
ing business in Nevada. Mr.. Tregaskis is
said to have plenty of capital to back up
his enterprise with, and there is no reason
why he should not be able to do a large
and lucrative business in the freighting
line. |
Kelton is pretty well supplied with lodg-
ing house and eating accommodations, and
the bibulously inclined can procure what
they need at several places in town. The
Overland Hotel, carried on by Messrs.
Lang 4 Jackson, formerly Of Elko, Ne
vada, has been recently fitted up in good
style for the accommodation of guests.