The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-19
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Washington.

south Dakota, NORTH Cakota, montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill Ct eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana. and Washington states ofthe Union.
SOUTH DAEoTA.-The great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitob
Railway has three main lines reaching FL lien
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, and
Sioux Fails. Go to south Dakota via the st.
Paul, MinneaI oils Il Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneal oils en-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Flte Wheat; whose healthful
climate nurtures the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
COIitics raise more wheat, oats and barley
than entire states; the soil OF whose fertile
prairies is richer than the valley of the Nile;
where the Turtle Mountain, MinCt and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secdre a free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand Forks, Grafton, Devils
Lake, Bottneau, and all other important
points.
MONTANA, THE GOLDEN Treasure in her
mines of precious metals; wealth in ber4 &c.,
0O0 head OF lice stock: profits in her fertile
fields, producinga larger yield of crops than
any other state or territory; the richest
country per inhahitant on earth; where pros
perity is universal; which has the best paid
labor in the world; a balmy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
the only railroad passing through a con-
tinu0us agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t runs through the Great Reservation OF
$1,000, COO ares of land, free to settlers, in the
Milk River Valley. Wood, water. and coal
in abundance no irrigation required; the Ony
line passing through Great Falls, with its
| goo, COO horse power cataIacts; immense coal
ems, and surrounding farming country of
Tree land: through Helena, the capital city
| and commercial centre of Montana, and
! Butte, the RI hest mining camp on earth, to
| San Francisco bv the Columbia River Valley,
Portland and Shasta Route, or Ogden, Utah,
to California points. Remember this is the
only line rnrning dining cars, sleeping cars
and tree coIOnist sleepers of Its own from St.
Paul and Minneapolis TO Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest lire to
Butte.
WAsH1NGToN-The country of tall timber,
indented 10y Puget Sound, the MeGi erraMe can
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st.
Paul. Minneapolis 4 Mai itoha hallway is the
Oaly line which offers a choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba Pacific
route is the only line by which passengers eli
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco can pass through Port Townsend and
Seattle. Free co,onist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to tie
Pacific Coast is same as Ivy other hes, but
prices Of tickets arc five and ten dollars Il SIS
Take the Seattle route.
For further information, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources O. He
tour new st,tes, write or apply to +. |. WIT
NEY, Gcn'l Pass. and TIKI. Agt., St. p, NJ. !
NJ. RY., St. Paul, Mimi.