The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Washington,

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 DAKOTA THE great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Abe rleen, Huron, WATERFOWL, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the St.
Paul, MINNEAPOLIS & Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis ell
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
secure a 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 her4 Geo.,
GEO 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,
| L
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
$1,000, 900 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
| ,000, 00G horse power CataTacts; immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country of
tree land: through Helena, the capital city
and commercial centre of Montana, and
Butte, the richest 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 running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free c0lOuist sleepers of Its own from St.
| Paul and Minneapolis 10 Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
Butte
WAsHINaToN-The 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 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.