The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-12
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota. Montan,

South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bin a eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana and Washington states ofthe Union.
South DAKOTA. THE great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, WATERFOWL, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the st.
Paul, MINNEAPOLIS Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
NORM DAKOTA. Where Is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch File Wheat; whose heaithful
climate nurtures 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,
" here the Turtle Mountain. MinSt and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secdre o. 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 I'm her ,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 inhabtant 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.
IL runs through the Great Reservation OF
Is 000, Geo 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
,OO0, 900 horse power cataracts; immense coal
| V ems, and surrounding farming country Of
free land; through Helena, the capital city
! and mmerCiaI 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 ruhning dining cars, sleeping cars
and Tree colonist 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 Railway is the
only line which offers choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba-Pa 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 infor nation, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources OF the
four new states, write or apply to +. l. WHIT
NEY, Geu' Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. P, NJ. &
Nj. Ry., St. Paul, Mimi.