Morris tribune., 1889-08-21
Flour and Feed Store
OLUF FL. JOHNSON,
Dealer in All Kinds of
FLOUR AND FEED,
BRAN, SHORTS,
GRAHAM,
RYE FLOUR,
CORN MEAL,
BuckWheat, &c.
MORRIS, MIN ~ ICSOTA-
Goods Delivered Free to
any part OF he city.
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, Washington.

On February =. !>s'. the President signed
the bill crcuti - >,,.Ilii! Dakota, North Dako-
ia, Montana til ;,"!hngton states of the
SOUTH DA IS -T!t. great prairie state, to
which the i',u,. Minneapolis d Manltobh
railway has t!r'" '.i:'n lines, reaching Ellen
Sioux Falls. Go to south Dakota via the st.
Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba railway and
pass throug 81. Paul and Minneapolis Ell
route.
NORTH DAKOTA.-Thcre is grown the No.
hard Scotch fife wheat; whose healthful cl1-
mate nurtur IS the most vigorous and brainy
civilization on earth; where single counties
raise more wheat, oats and barley than entire
states; the soil Of 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 secure
free home. MAGNIFICENT daily train service
to Fargo, Grafton, Devils Lake Bottlneau
and all other important places
Observation-Disclosures in its mines of pre-
cious metals: wealth in its 4,G0O000 head Of
live stock; profit i'll its fertile fields, produc-
ing a larger yield OF crops than any other
state or territory; the richest country per
inhabitant on earth; where prosperity Is
universal; which has the best paid labor IN
the world Il balmy winter climate, caused
by warm winds from the Pacific. The st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba railway is the
only railroad passing through a continuous
agricultural country from st. Paul and Min
neapOlis to the Rocky mountains. 1t runs
through the great reservation OF l600O,0OO
acres of land, free, to settlers, in the Milk
river valley. Wood, water and coal in album
dance: go irrigation required; the only line
passing through Great Falls, with its 1000 600
horse power cataracts; immense coal veins,
and surrounding farming country of free
land; through Helena, the capital city and
commercial center Of Montana, and Butte,
the richest 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.
WAsHINGToN.-The 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 q 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 Frencisco
can pass through Fort 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 to F. l. Whitney,
gen. pass. and ticket agent, St p, NJ. & NJ.
Ry., st. Paul, Mimi.