The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-08-01
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montan


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, MinneaI oils 4 Manitoba Railway and
pass through St. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch File 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 hel
mines of precious metals; wealth in her 600, ;
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 inhsbitant on earth; where pros
perity is universal; which has the best paid
taDOT III Ino WOrlu, UalMY WlIISF CllulaIS
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway il
the only railroad passing through a con-
tinuous agricultural country from st. Pau
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t runs through the Great Reservation Of
200 600 acres of land, free to settlers, in the
Milk River Valley. Wood, water. and Goa
in abundance; no irrigation required; the only
line passing through Great Falls, with its
l ,000, 600 horse-pO cataracts; immense Goa
veins, and surrounding farming country o.
free land: through Helena, the capital city
and comm erCiaI centre of Montana, anc
Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth, t.
| 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 colonist sleepers of Its own from st
Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helen.
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line tt
Butte.
| WAsHINGToN.-The country of tall timber
| indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
! of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st
| Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba hallway is thu
only line which offers choice of three routes
| to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba Pacift
route is the only line by which passengers ell
| route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco Cali pass through Port Townsend ant
Seattle. Free colonist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to tn
| Pacific Coast is same as by other lines, bu
| prices of tickets are five and ten dollars less
| Take the Seattle route.
For further information, maps, rates ant
publications in regard to the resources OF tn
four new states, write or apply to 4. l. WHIT
EEY. Gen'l Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. p, NJ.
| M RV ST Paul Mimi