The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-23
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Cakota, North Dakota, Montana
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South Cakota. 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, 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 nurtu1es the most vigorous aud
bralny civilization on earth; where single
coIntles raise more wheat, oats and barley
than entire states; the soil CT whose fertile
prairles 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. Maglfctnt 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 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 inhabtant on earth where pros
perity is universal; which has the best paid
labor in the world; balmy winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
the only railroad passing through q con-
tinuous agricultural country from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
1t runs through the Great Reservation 81
l8,G00 GOO ares Of land free to- settlers, in tile
| Milk River Valley. Wood, water, and coal
in abundance; n 10 irrigation required; the only
line passing through Great Falls, with its
| ,0G0, GOO horse power cataracts; immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country of
tree land: through Helena, the capital city
and comm erCial 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 Running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free coonist sleepers of It's own from St.
| Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
| Butte.
WAsmNeToN.-The country Of tall timber.
| indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the St.
Paul, Minneapolis 4 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, snaps, rates and
publications in regard to the resources OF the
four new states, write or apply to +. 1. WHIT
NEY, Gen'l Pass. and Tiki. Agt., st. p. NJ. x
NJ. Ry. /, st. Paul. MINI.