The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-11
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Washington,

South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill q eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, and Washington states of the Union.
South DAXoTA.-The great Prairie State, to
which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, berdeen, Huron, Watertown, and
Sioux Falls. Go to routh Dakota via the St.
Paul, Minneapolis Il 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 nurtuTes the most vigorous aud
bralny 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
secure 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
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 a con-
tinuous agricultural country from St. Paul
| and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
1t runs through the Great Reservation OIL
Is 900 900 res of land free to settlers, in the
Milk River Valley. Wood, water. and coal
| in abundance; no irrigation required; the only
line passing through Great Falls. with its
| 200 GOO horse power cataracts; immense Goa
veins, and surrounding farming country Of
Tree land: through Helena, the capital city
and commercial centre of Montana, and
Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth, tC
San Francisco by 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 free cOloniSt sleepers of Its own from St
Paul and Minneapolis 10 Great Falls, Helens
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line tc
| Butte.
WAsHINarON.-The country Of tall timber
indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st
Panl, Minneapolis & Manitoba hallway is thu
only line which offers a choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast. The Manitoba Pacific
routeis the only line by which passengers ell
route for Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco can pass through Port Townsend anc
Seattle. Free colonist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to thu
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 anC
publications in regard to the resources of th'
four new states, write or apply to +. |. Writ
NEY, Genn Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. p. NJ.
| Al RV St Paul Mimi