The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montan:

South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill CT eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, and Washington states ofthe Union.
SoUTH DAKeTA.-The great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis EN-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose healthful
climate nurtuTes the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
counties 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, MinOt and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secure 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. ,000,
000 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-
tinuous agricultural country from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
1t runs through the Great Reservation of
Is, 600 900 a"reS 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
600 600 horsepower cataracts; immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country of
tree land: through Helena, the capital city
and comm erCial centre of Montana, and
| Butte, the richest 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 Running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free c0lonist sleepers of Its own from St.
| Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
| Butte.
| WAsHTNaToN.-The country of tail 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 choice of three routes
| to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba 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 by other lines, but
| prices of tickets 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.
M. RY., St. Paul. Mimi. ...