The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-05-30
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana
Washinefon

South Dakota. North Dakota, Montana,
Washington.
On February %. 1889, the President signed
the bill CT eating South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana. and Washington states of the Union
South DAKeTA.-The great Prairie State, to
Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellen
dale, Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, and
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via tile St.
Paul, Minneal oils 4 Manitoba Railway and
pass through st. Paul and Minneal oils en-
route.
NORTH DAKOTA. Where is grown the Mol
Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose heaIthful
climate nurtures the most vigorous aud
brainy civilization on earth; where single
coIlties raise more heat, oats and harley
than entire states: the soil OF whose fertile
prairies is richer than the valley of the Nile;
where the Turtle Mountain. MinCt and Devils
Lake land districts invite the home seeker to
secure free home. Magr ifc5n 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; W ealth in her 4 ,OOO,-
GEO 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; a belny winter climate,
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is
tie only r1ilrosd passing through a con-
tlnuOuS agricultural country from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains
1t runs through the Great Reservation OF
$4,000, 900 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
l,OC0, 200 horse power catafacts; immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country of
tree land: through Helena. the capital city
ami comm erCial centre of Montana, aud
Butte, the ri hest mining camp on earth, to
San Francisco bv the Columbia River Valley,
Portland and Shasts Route, Or Ogden, Utah,
to California POINTS. Remember this is the
only line running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free colOlist sleepers of Its own from St..
Paul and Minneapolis 10 Great Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
Butte.
WAsHrNeroN-The country of tall timber,
indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Maj itola 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 ell
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
four new states, write or apply to f. [. WHIT
NEY, Gen'I Pass. and Tiki. Agt., St. p, NJ. &
NJ. Ry., St. Paul. Mimi.