The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-29
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Ma

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 x Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale Aberdeen, Huron Watertown, and
Sioux Falls. Go to couth Dakota via the ST.
Paul, MinneaI oils Il Manitoba Railway and
pass Though St. Paul and MinneaI oils Ell
route.
NoErH 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 or whose fertile
prairies is richer than the valley of the Nile;
" here the Turtle Mountain, MinCt and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secare a free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand Forks, Grafton, Devils
Lake, Bottineau, and all other important
points.
MONTANA, THE GoLpEN Treasure in her
mines of precious metals; wealth in her4 Co.,
0GO head OF live stock; profits in her feltiIe
fields, rroducinga 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; baimy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
the only r.ilroad passing through con-
tinuCus agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
1t runs through the Great Reservation oil
5000 coo 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 Gre al Falls, with its
| eco, COO horse power cataracts; immense coal
ems, and surrounding farming country of
Tree land: through Helena, the capital city
ana commercial 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 raining dining cars, sleeping cars
and Tree c0lonist sleepers of Its own from St.
Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest lire to
Butte.
WAsHINerox-The country of tall timber,
indented Ly Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st.
Paul, Minneapolis x Mai itoba 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 ell
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco can PASS through Port Townsend and
Seattle. Free colOniSt seepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to the
| Pacific Coast is same as 10y other Ines, but
prices OF tickets are FIVE and ton dollars |, S.
| Take the Seattle route.
| For further information, maps, rates and
Publications in regard to the resources o. the
! four new sites, write or apply to +. /. WET
HEY. Geu'I Pass. and Tiki. Agt., st. p, NJ. &
! n. Ry., St. Paul, MINI.