The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-05
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Morhiru@on

South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February 20. 1889, the President signed
the bill q eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana. and Washington states ofthe Union.
South DAKOTA. The great Prairie State, to
w hich the st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, WATERFOWL, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the St.
Paul, MINNEAPOLIS u Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose heathful
climate nurtuTes the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
counties raise more wheat, oats and barley
than entire states; the soil or Whose fertile
prairies is richer than the valley of the Nile;
W here the Turtle Mountain, Minot and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secdre 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 herd ,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 con-
tinu0us agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
| 1t runs through the Great Reservation OF
lS 900 600 ares 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
| ZOO, 900 horse power cataracts; immense coal
ems, and surrounding farming country of
| free land; through Helena, the capital city
| and mmerCial centre of Montana, and
| Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth, to
| San Francisco by 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 free cOonist sleepers of Its own from st.
| Paul and Minneapolis TO Great Falls, Helena
| and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
Butte.
WASHINGTON country Of tall timber,
| indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st.
| Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba hallway is the
only line which offers a choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast. The ManitOba-P Pacific
route is the only line by which passengers en-
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco can pass through Port Townsend and
Seattle. Free colonist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to the
Pacific Coast is same as 10y other lines, but
prices of tic kets are five and ten dollars less.
Take the Seattle route
For further information, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources of the
four new states, write or apply to +. |. WHIT
NEY, Gen'l Pass. and Tiki. Agt., st. p, NJ. &
NJ Ry St. Paul, Mimi.