The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-14
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Wa shington.

south Dakota NORM Dakota, MONTANA
Wa shngton. .s
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill CT eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana. and Washington states of the 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
praires is richer than the valley of the Nile;
where the Turtle Mountain, Minot snd Devils
| Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
seonre free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand Forks. Grafton, Devils
Lake, Bottineau, and all other important
points .,.... y
MONTANA, THE GJLDEx Treasure in her
mines of precious metals; wealthfn her4 200, :
| 600 head of live stock: profits in her fertile
| fields, producing larger yield Of crops than
| any other state or territory; the richest
country per inhabitant on earth; wherecpros
| perity is universal; which has the best paid
| labor in the world; q balmy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway lis
the only railroad passing through a con-
| tinuous agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t runs through the Great Reservation OF
1900, 200 res of land free to settlers, in the
| Milk River Valley. Wood, water. and coal
| Ia abundance; no irrigation required; the only
| line passing through Great Falls, with its
| 1000, 600 horse power cataracts; immense coal
1 veins, aud surrounding farming country of
Tree land; through Helena, the capital city
| aud 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,
10 California points. Remember this is the
only line rdnning dining cars, sleeping cars
| and Tree colonist sleepers of Its own from st.
Paul and Minneapolis 10 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 a 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
| tour new states, write or apply to y. |. WH1T-
NEY, Gen'l Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. p, ne. q
81. Ry., st. Paul. MINI.
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