The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-08
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Washington,


On February %. 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
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, 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 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;
where 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 her 4, 900,
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 UNIVERSE; which has the best paid
labor in tie world; balmy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
81. raul, miHHeapOlIS " mdulIUDt hdIiWdf IL
tie only r:ilroad passing through con-
tinuous agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t runs through the Great Reservation OF
81 0G 200 a'rpS 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
LOCO 600 horse power cataracts; immense coal
vcinS, and surrounding farming country of
free land: through Helena, the capital city
ami commercial centre of Montana, and
Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth, to
San Francisco l,v the Columbus River Valley,
P,ttiand and Shasta Route, or Ogden, Utah,
to Caiitnr ia points. Remember this is the
Only line ru,'ning dining cars, sleeping cars
a1,d tree coloJ list seeperS OF Its own from St.
Paul aud Minneapolis 10 Great Falls, Helena
aud Butte II is also the shortest line to
Butte.
WAsnrxeroS. The country of tall timber,
inaented 10y Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st.
Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba hallway is the
ONLY line wh'cl offers choice OF three routes
10 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 coloniht seepers 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 o. the
four new states, write or apply to K. /. WHIr-
NEY, Gent Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. r, NJ. &
M. BY, St. Paul, Mimi.