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river this year. The Northern Pacific is
making survey into this country with

road will probably be completed to the
river this year. The Northern Pacific is
making survey into this country with
the intention Of running line from Bis
marck south or from Edgeley or Ellen
dale west. The Milwaukee road is pre-
pairing to extend north from Eureka, S. D.
These extensions will affect considerable
portion of northern South Dakota and
of southern North Dakota. Stock inter
ests in those counties will rapidly null
tiply. There are also indications and the
probability Of an extension of the 500
from Ashley to Aberdeen furnishing new
South Dakota market for North Dakota
Ignite coal and addinss s.t.sss1the values Of
lands in Mcpherson, Eegnunds and Brown
counties in South Dakota.
The Waxh5urn Road.
The Bismarck Washburn & Great Falls
railway, which now extends from Bismarck
forty-six miles north to Washburn, will
be extended another twenty-five miles to
Coal Harbor on the Missouri. This road
has brought into the market thousands of
acres of virgin prairie on which many
hundreds Of people have found homes in
the past three years. The Bismarck,
Washburn & Great Falls road is destined
to become the highway of commerce
through very rich agricultural anu
stock country. Into a section of this same
country the Northern Pacific is extending
its branch from Darlington The Northern
Pacific has recently made other branch
extensions IN the central part of North
Dakota indicating an intention to tap
Mouse River Opened.
The Great Northern extended it's Bot
tineau branch to the new town of Souris
this year, thereby tapping the famous
Mouse river country in the far north. This
move was anticipated by many and all Of
the homestead lands to the west of the
Bottineau branch were taken year ago.
Surveys have been made in the country
between the Mouse river and the 500 road
1t is reasonably certain that the Great
Northern intends to tap this country by
branch north from Granville. The
Great Northern began work this year on
it's branch north and west from Lakota,
N D. This will run through Nelson, Ram
sey and Cavalier counties, and possibly
into the northern part of Towner county
The land in this region has produced big
crops since first cultivated. Settlers have
been moving into the country tributary
to the proposed line for two years. The
Great Northern follows policy of sup
plying its main line with branch feeders
as fast as the northern part Of North Da-
kota can furnish sufficient traffic to war
rant the construction.
In South Dakota.
South .Dakota's greatest railroad pros
pect is the long-discussed line to the
Black Hills which will open to cultiva-
ton resOurceful country west Of the
Missouri river. Recent developments in
the railway world are said to promise
we'll for the early construction of a line
from Pierre to Rapid City. Several roads
have been in position for years to build
the cross-country line to the Hills, but
| the Missouri river has been the dead
line in railway construction in western
| South Dakota. The big immigration into
| South Dakota will soon force the opening
of the big country west of the river to set
| Element and the railway will follow.
| Western North and South Dakota are des-
tined to become the greatest stock country
| in the United States. The Milwaukee and
| North Western roads own the greater
| part of the mileage in South Dakota. Each
road is steadily increasing its mileage
east of the river. The Milwaukee ex-
| tended it's Hastings & Dakota line from
| Bowdle to Evarts, on the Missouri river,
| last year.
| North WISCONSIN,.
In northern Wisconsin the 500 line has
! opened fine country by it's twenty eight
miles extension from St. Croix Falls to
Frederic. It's extension from Rice Lake
| to Brentwood, sixteen miles, taps an old
settled country. productive and contain
| ing many fine farm homes. The Omaha
road recently extended from Cumberland
to Brentwood, and plans another extern
| sion near the Chippewa river from Chip
pewa Falls north The same road will
build from Elroy to Princeton this year.
| The Wisconsin Central is reported to be
planning an extension from Prentice to
| the head of the lakes.
! In Western Canada.
Among the railway lines building or
| projected in western Canada, is the Cana
] dian Pacific railway extension through
/ the northeast part of eAssiniboia and the
/ central part of Saskatchewan.
I The Canadian Pacific is also building
| from Arcola to Regina on the main line,
/ iconnecting there with the Prince Albert
I and Long Lake railway.
/ The same road is building from Hamiota
through the southwestern part OF Sas-
] katchewan. 49,
The Canadian Northern is doing some
! building in Manitoba and is also pushing
westward through a lberta