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Show SAVE. - '- BY SEEING THAT YOUB RAILROAD TICKET TO A, s ATTL \ ' OLYMPIA, VICTOR I ' OR OTIIER /\..NOR~H PACIFIC COAST POINTS"'- READS VIA ST. PAUL, MI'NNEAPOLIS DULUTH OR ASHLAND AND TilE ~'CASCADE DIVISION") OF TilE NoRTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. ? RAND, McNALLY & Co •• PRINTERS, CHICAGO. • .. e Di~i~~ (ar RoUtt b{ruree~ ~( [AST and I • , M. HANNAFORD, CHAS. S. FEE, • • September, 1888. TRAF'F'IC MANAGER, GEN' L PASS' A AND TICKET AG' T , ST. PAUL, MINN. • • ~----------------------------------------------------~ Tt?~ ~ortt)erQ pa,ifiG ~ailroad, A~D THE COUNTRY IT TRAVERSES. ·..; I ' ~~ '!., HEN the magnificent country !yin~ (f. (~ between the Great Lak e~ and th · Pacific Ocean, and traversed by the Northerp. P acific H.a.ilroa<l, is spok n of as "Tho \VondcrlandoC the \Vorld," your mind revert:> at on<·o to the matchless scenery of the Bad Land~. th Yellowstone Nationn.l Park, the Columbia Hivcr n.nd l\Iount Taco· rna. But, in this rcmnrka.hlc tctTitory, Xature dispen ·es h er bounty with so generous a hand that, w ro it:> scenic attractions en· tirely obliterated, its vast and vn.ri ec.l wealth . producing capabilities ,\·ouJ<l still sceurc for it its well-en.rncd title or "The \Yonder· land of the ·world.'' THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL· ROAD AND THE GREAT LAKES. While the Northern Pacific Railroad iR ,,d/11;, I, especially identified ·with the gr .at cities 1~1 '· 1 ' of St. Paul and lllinnC'npolis, it mu~t not l>e forgotten that it hns inter ·sts on Lake Sup!'rior second only to the for ~oing. To threo diffl'rent points, near the western extremity of thn.t great luke, docs it carry a largo share of tho teeming produce or its rich t<·rri tory, and all thr e, Duluth, Superior City, and Ashland, ofl'cr great, if not equal , inducements to tho cnierprisintr merchant and manufacturer. Firstandforcmostmnst h placed Duluth, with its extensive cloeks, its Rixtt•cn mammoth gr..lin elevators, lts saw·ntills, lumber manufactories, and bl:1~t fnrnn e, ami th:tt full complement of sehoul:-;, clln1·chcs, banks, hotels, newspapers anti public halls that is naturally looked for in a flouri shing community of 25,000 p ople. At Superior City, \Yis ., a IH·osperous and gro ll'ing tmn1, there are also f1n harbor and terminal facilities. At Ashlanll, \\'is., the line connects with th \Vi ~comin Central, and Milwaukee, Lake Sllorc & West· ern Hail roads , both lines running southward to lllilwaukee n.nd Chicago . AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. -·--·-··. ...... .-...... ._· ·.·..·. ... -··-· ..._ :;,:_-·. ..-..·.... ... .....- ... :.:.-:.-~·=-:~~~:=:::...=-=--=:.. ·.·.-·~ ...: LJ. .. tA The agricultuml r esources or th • North rn Pn.C'iflc Country are such as to eons! itute it n. veritable land or ~ ... . ·~ .. ... ' . ... •' .. -· ~~:::·. ~~ltr::.~·:':'' .•• f ... ·aJ ' jJrom is c. Its pro· du0ts va.ry with tho soil and climate, COlnJWISing n.' l th innumerable ~rains and fruit :; found .in the temperate zone. First comer. whca,t, the finest Y.u·i •ty of which known to commerce, thu famous "No. 1 liard," is tho exclusive prodnl't of' Northern l\1i11nesotn and North D~l· kota. This relcl>ra.ted grade containing an exceptionally largo proportion of gluten, make:; the best flour in the world, n. flour that in turn protluc s tho large ·t propor· tionato quantity of tho fine ~~ bread, and it invn.rin.bly commands from 10 to 15 c(•nts more per bushel tbnn tll be~:~t gmd~·s of other wheat. Furthcrmon•. let it be rcmembcrC'd that nature pours out thi:o tn•a.surc without stint- from 20 to a3 bu'sht'ls to tho a.crc, ,~ci ghing from 61 to 64 pounds to tho bush I , being tho a>ero.ge yidd. Tho North rn Pacific Railroad hn.s for sa,lo sev er a l million a re of land in :\Iiml('so tn. and Dakota that will yield a suro nnd continuous succe.;s:on of Ct'OJ)S oC this famous cNeal. Whcath;also cultivatocl to advantag-e in the fertile Ynll ys or l\lontann.ar.donthe grc:1.t plains of En.stern Wa,shington. Although it is the staplo product ot: Torth Dak' pet· be in fi4 pc or jJ rais< ' rai!:i< the< mea 600 I caul Roc! size and I is n mow sat is indu Tl stea.t are a t The 1• exec' the c antll for ( with othel wint1 na,tb Hsell SUCCI upon belt feed tuck; Ncb•· head y ar, The 1 ton. ~ cat tl1 husb: SUCell that '\'001 in ,-e:-; LCSR ( large unoe arc sl Thl and ' ing r si l>er from Terri regioJ' P n. ifll priscs ore n.1 m cnt. tigUOlj by anJ prosp ~ n t'W j Th d has d |