The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-26
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana,
WASHINGTON.

On Fe binary %. 1889, the President signed
the bill CT eatiug South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana and Washington states ofthe Union.
South DAKaTA.-The great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railway has three main,lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the St.
Paul, MinneaI oils Il Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS en-
route
NORTH DAKOTA Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Flte Wheat; whose heathful
climate nurtuTes the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
counties raise more wheat, oats and harley
than entire states; the soil OF whose fertile
prairieS is richer than the valley of the Nile;
where the Turtle Mountain. Minot and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secare free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand Forks. Grafton, Devils
Lake, Bottineau, and all other important
points.
MONTANA, THE GOLDEN Treasure in her
mines of precious metals; wealth in her 4 ,000,-
600 head of live stock: profits in her fertile
+ fields, producinga larger yield of crops than
any other state or territory; the richest
country per inhabitant on earth; where pros
perity is universal; which has the best paid
labor in the world; balmy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
the only railroad passing through a con-
tinuous agricultural country from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t runs through the Great Reservation oil
Is 600 coo acres of land free to settlers, in the
Milk River Valley. Wood, water, and coal
| in abundance; no irrigation required; the only
| line passing through Great Falls. with its
| | GOO COO horse power cataracts; 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 raining dining cars, sleeping cars
and tree coonist sleepers of It's own from st
/ Paul and Minneapolis 10 Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line tc
Butte.
| WASHINGTON country of tall timber
indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do net forget that the st
Paul, Minneapolis x Manitoba hallway is the
only line which offers choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba Pacific
route is the only line by which passengers Ell
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco can pass through Port Townsend anC
Seattle. Free oo39nist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to the
Pacific Coast is same as by other Ines, bH
prices of tickets are five and ten dollars less
Take the Seattle route.
For further information, maps, rates anC
publications in regard to the resources o. th'
four new states, write or apply to K. /. WHIT
NEY. Gent Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. p, NJ. {
NJ. Ry., St. Paul, Mimi.