The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-23
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.

South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill On 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 routh Dakota via the St.
Paul, Minneapolis x Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route. 8
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose healthfal
climate nurtures the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
counties raise more wheat, oats and harley
than entire states; the soil CT 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
secnre 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, 600,
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 universal; which has the best paid
idDOE III the WOTlus d DAluY W1DIef Cll0latG,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
the only rlilroad passing through a con-
tinuous agricultural country from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains.
1t rims through the Great Reservation ol
S,G00,0 600 ares OF land free to settlers In tile
Milk River Valley. Wood, water, and coal
in abundance; no irrigation required; the only
line passing through Great Falls, with its
| ,0G0, 600 horse power cataracts; immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country Of
free land: through Helena, the capital city
and comm ercial centre of Montana. and
Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth. to
San Francisco by 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, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line TO
Butte.
WAsnINoToS.-T 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 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 len dollars less.
Take the Seattle ronte.
For further information, maps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources Of the
four new states, write or apply to T.. L. WHfT
NEY, Gent Pass. and Tiki. Agt. st. p. M. x
nj. Ry., St. Paul. MINI.