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Show lying) d the hy the of as r mint! 1e1·y of Ltional ; Ta ollaturo rous a ns enrealths<:> eure onder-tAILES. ad is citi s not ue p •rior ;rL•rcnt llocs it tc·rri l, offer rcl1ant ·ith its r-mills, ~ hoob, l for in us and ~·Wis., f West- 11 tu ntl f t h' Pacific e .tl ·h pte.H n Lnd oC ~s prolimate, gru.ins zone. tiety of famous roduet l·th Da.taining lion of ~o ur in 'n turn ~ ~·opo r~ fin .~!; ~ com. s mor 1hC'l'C'd s to th :1. The ota and ('!'real. I on the ' North D~kota, wh at is by no means the only cereal raised. Oats yield from CO to 7& bushels per ncr<:>, and wt'igh from 40 to H pounds to tlle l.msb el, !JO to 100 bush~ls t~ the acre being not UJ1COIIllllOn. Burley yields 30 to 48 bu~ll Is to the acre, wcq:.\'lllng- from 4.8 to M pound~, and ry, 3-i to 50 bush ls, weighing fr,nn 56 to 62 pounds. In limitcclscctions of :\lontann, and extensive tracts in Eastern ·washington, those vn,riou. rcrcaJs are raised in the g-reatest rtbundunc •. \ t!g,·tnulcs, eomprising nil varieties· common to the • orthcrn StrttCR, nrc easily rai:;e<.l. yield hctlvily, grow to great ~:;izo and ar a ccrt11in c1·op. E:,;pe ia.lly is thifl the cas in ':\orthcrn 'Dakota, wll re potatoe ·, largo in size and uniformly Hound nnu m aly, yicl<lfroJn 150 to 400 l.msh ls to tho acre; onions, largo and flrm, from 400 to 600 buRhcls to th • n ·ro, and turnip~, peas, b t~:;, p~rsnips, CI1ITOts, squash, <·ahbago, cauliflower, eg-g-plant, lettuce, radishes nn<.lmelons in like proportion. \\'el:; t oC the Rocky .l\lountains, frnits of nll kinds uro raisc<l in great profusion, and arc noted for size ancl !laYor. Buckwheat, Hax, cl vcr, timothy, orchard-gr.lSS, Hungn,rian, lllillct and nati vc g1·as:-es of nu tri tiou's cha.raetcr, all yield bonn ti fnl11nd profl table crops. In some p tl'ts of 'Vashington, notalJly in tho Puyallup Valley, hop growing is engaged in with great success, the business yielding enormous returns upon tho money invested. Dairying is being carried on at vn,rious points with the most satisfactory results, aml is likely to become a Y ry important branch of farming indu,.;try. THE GRAZING INDUSTRY. The gr.lzing- interests of the West aro now stcndily moving toward Monta.n11, and vast arc:u; of grazing lands aro being t11lcon up. There is sc:u·<·t'ly any part of the Territory cx<'<'Jlting 11pon tho mountain ranges, where ' tho climate 1s n t sum~·icntly ~ild .~ • . :~~~ :uulliH• snowf:tll. sufficJOntly Jtght .,~ ~"' '"" 1 • for cat t lc to wint r out of doors -:r !:X...~" _ .·." ~r~:t J with aln1ost absolute s:Jfl•ty. No ,::;; 1 ... - .. ~'\. other food i · r qmrell during · :r_.-1 wint<:>r th·tn is supplied lly the ~~~'~ nn.tivc bUIH'h grass, whieh cures itself, and fl!nn<lH as hay until the succcccling- spring-. Crtttle fatten - upon it more quickly an<l keep in better conclition than those which fcc•<l upcm 1 hn bluc-g-rass of K ntucky, or the buffalo grass of~' ._,_..:-),._·-~· · · 'chraska and ('olontdo. 85.000 ;1-;-;,-;;';l-,-;:;-.,'rf".~:~~-· head of cattle w I'C shipped by the orthern Pacific Railroad to East. •m points last year, and thc•y in"variably commanded hig-her JU:trk t prices than any oth<'r •n,ttlc. The grazing interest is 11 largo and rapidly growing o ne, nlf'O , in E ·lstern 'Va~:;hington, espc!'ially on the gr at plains of the Columl>in,. F1·om lGO,OOO 1o 200,000 llca<l of cattle :u·<' ::.old CY<:>ry ycn,r in Orcgon and 'Vaslling-ton l'or Eastern nuu·k<:>t s. Sh<:><:>p husbandry also is n. g-re:tt sourc of JW flt in J\fon~ann. and Washington. The Rue ·ulcnt g"l'asHc•s f11vor the production of sound, soft \\'OOI. without thc harshness of that grown in low r latitmlcs. The profits in this business rtro v 'I'Y larg-e, ns the wool mny always h<:> count d upon to r turn at Jc•rtst 2.) per <:>cnt. in moncy on tho inY<:>stnwnt, wlnl tho incl'Cmsc in rlwcp will range from 70 to !JO per <·cnt. ppr a.nnum. Less rapitul is rcquir d in this lmsin ss tha.n in cn.ttlr raising, 11nd tho returns arc ln.rgt> and <'PI'tain. Eligible lo<·ations, snrroun<.led by unoc<• tJJJi<•<l n.t·t•as, cmiiH•ntly su ited for j)astnring- sheep, are still to he found without mnoh xp nsc. MINERAL RESOURCES. The Northern Pacific country contains in -:\Iont11na and orth •rn Idaho tho riche~:;t gold n.nd si!VC' I' bearing region in th wol'ld. The p1·oduction of gold, silv r, e.1ppcr n.nd leatl in J\Iontann. hrts in ·rca.sed from $3,!i22,:l7!l, in 18,0, to $26,000,000, in 1887; and the Territory is now at tho hc11d f the gold producing r gions of the world. The> completion of the Northern Pn.ciflc H11ilroad has ~:;timula.ted mining cnt •rpriscs a.t mmy points where large bo<lic•s of ore arc kncm n to •xist, nnd important dcv lop . m cnt s nr now m llrogr s~:; in varionR camps con tignous to th line of I' ilway, an(! not arccssibl by anyot11er I'out . Scarcely lc . .;s inviting to th prospector and minet· arc the comparatiYcly n<>w mining districts of Nortltr1·n Ida.ho. Th dcvclo]Jmcnt of the 'oeur d' Alene mines has dcmon~:;tratcd the fact that former __,. claims regarding th ir richness and permcncncy were well found d, anti one o_f _the_ richest placer mining camps in the world. is now b ginning· to r ealize tho ~nticipa tions of thr 'C years ag-o. In addition to gold and silver, Monta1~a and No~·U.Jern Idaho a.re cspceially rich in clcpo~:;its of ·oppcr, lead and iron·b •anng ore~, tm_ n.nd other minerals a.l ·o 11bOu)1ding. Jn th •mount11ins fla.nking the Pend d'Ore11lc ~bvor , in orth rn Idaho, C'rop.pings oC llcavy lead orcs, rich in silver, h av~ ~ce~ f.ound. Gohl. nd l:lilvcr, with otllCl' us fill minerals, tllso exist, in large quantltlCfl m Wa~h in: ::on anu Oregon. Iron ore~; of the 1incst qu11lity 11rc found in large boclles th --vugllout tlJU Prtcifle Nv-: '1west, a :; ; 1·e also COl1JlCr, tin, zin ·, lead, plumb11go, etc. Great tracts of limestone, buildi 1g stone a,nd fine pottery clays 11re found in Montana. 11nd 11lso in Waf'llington, wllcrc granite an<l marble. "? ......r also abound. A l, rge l10rtion of' the Northwest is underlaid with lignite <'01"1.1. which =,__-=_, ifl of :mp rior quality and easily worked. It crops out along the blufi rang-es on 1111 the tr ams in Montan11 for hundr ds of miiC's, in vein~; of from four to seven feet in thickness. Heavy ,-eins or fine bituminous co11l have recently be n dis-c0,~( rect in the snn1c Tcrrjtory. An ('xrcJ JPnt qua,lity of bi- - tuminous C'oal is a.l ·o found ncar Taco!na, .RoHlyn , anrl at other points in Washingtvn. LUMBERING, AND THE COLUMBIA RIVER FISHERIES. Among- the import11nt intcrc::;ts of the Prtcific Northwest must he mentioned thr export t :·:ulc in lumb r ancl thn.t in c11nned salmon, the former centering on Pug-ct Sound, awl t:ho lattct· on the Columbia River. Th lumber r 'sourccs of 'Va.shinglon arc alm ost incxhaustil.ll . Th conifcr:L arc of gr at siz and height, I':t.nging from eight to flflc<:>n feci in diameter, and from175 to 3.i0 feet in he:ght. The flneHt body of timhcr in th world is cmbra.t'cd between 1h C'olumhiaiUver and Britit;h Columbia, n.nd the Pacific Ocean and th Ca.scadc~:; . The appro:ximn.tc (]nantity in th l'ng t Sound di strict-nca.rly n.s largo as the State of low;\· is 100,000,000,000 feet. The principal growths ar flr, pmc, sprue , dar, l::trch and hemlock, ~lthough white 011k, maple•, rottonwood, ash and other vnrictics abound. The waters of Oregon and Wn.Hhington t em with salmon nn<l other varieties of ~iflh oJi.grca.L comn_10rcin,J value. the flshcri ~:;constituti ng in the fornacr State an mt ·e~t of gr at 1mportance. THE SCENIC WONDER'L AND. The rountry identified with tho Northern P11cifie Railroad is one of which it is impossilJI to f; JW:tk xecpt in superlatives. Entering it at itt:; eastern xtrcmi ty, the trtwcler has an opportunity of visiting at Minn apolis the largest flouring mills in the world, in a. ·ity tltn.t is now th e largcHt primary whc::tt market in tho wol'l<l; 11nd n,t Puluth h will g-n.zc npon tJJC blue waterfl of the largest lnl e in the world. Crossing- tho T •r1·itot·y of Da.kota-, he will pn,ss throug-h th e gr<:>atest whent farm s in tlw WtH'ld: and in th<:> Yellowstone National Park h will ,·icw with wonch•t·ing a.dmir:ttion the l::trg<•st aJHl g-mndest collection of' g-cy~:;crs in the world. On the Columbia Rivpr lH' will sc the fim•st river se n<:>ry in tho world, nnd ir he ::>hould embrace witll in his t om· th now popular trip to AL\ska, h e will ha.vc an opport UJiity or sc.tling- the most ma.fr nifl c<:>nt g-lacict·s in the world. At Dctr it, 230 mil •s from st. Pa'1l, H on of th larg-est nnd most bcrtutit'ul of' 1\finnp~ota's 10,000 lak<:>s, with the b ,..t of fishing, shooting an<l hot 'l accommodations. In addition to the geysers, alre:uly r<'feJTt'cl to, the Yellowstone u,tional Park contains the F .dls of' the Y<'llowstonc and Gil.Jbon 1 ivc'rR , th form r 350 feet in h rig-ht, various profound canyon::;, boiling mud pool s, n,nd •lifl's of coal-bl11ck jet, with the gr-andest of Ro ·k.v Mountain seen ry for their bn.ckgronn<l. Til ;\Iammoth Hot Rprings Hotel, a eapa<'iOufl and 11c1111 irn bly 11ppoi n te<l e11r:wa.nsa1-y, is only Hix mi lc·s from tho terminus of the National Park hraucll of th railroad. \Vagons, saddl hor~:;cs and guides can be obtain tl during· the s n,son. Til trav 1<:'1' to th Pn.cilie Northwest hns the choit' <' o!' th HC('IH'ry of ih Jl crlesR olumbh River. o1· tho mngnific nt viow to be .l.l11d in crossing the C11sca.de H.angc; by either route ho can visit the nourishing city of Portland, and the fa.r-fa.mcd Pngct Sound. Tacoma, the t erminus of the North •1·n Pa,cific Railro rul on Puget Sound, wh ro one of the Jincst hotch; in the West ha~:; r ·cntly be ·n opened, is th starting point, fo1· Yictoria, B. C., a ben.utiful city, enjoying a delightful clinmtc, in wh : ~t has well been called "The Florida of the .Northwest." Th Sound steanH•rs are good, oomfot·ta])lc Loats, and they mn,ke the trip b 'tw!' •n T:H·oma and ViC'tori:~ in ei~ht hot:r,;. At Tacoma. nnd Vietoritt connection is m •de with :-;teamers sailing to. itkn, and oth •1· points in Alaska. The round trip of' over 2,000 miles i: matle in about seven t •en days, almost wholly through inlantl seas nnd cumd ~:;cencry of the mo ·t magnifi<'C>•t char:t<'le1·, comprising snow-capped mountains, glacier·, icebergs a.nd n. thou~:;and a.nd one other features of interest to tho student, sci•.mtist a.nd pleasure-seeker. ROAD EQUIPMENT. The '<)Uipmcnt of tbo ortlwrn I a.oi1ic Railroad is in cvt>ry wa.y worthy of this J?rcat transeontincntal line. Its tra('k is all &tccl rail and it:-; road-bed solid, thus p<'rmitting tho gt·patcst sp<:>cd with perfect safety. Its line is ~:ttandarcl g-aug throughout, 11nd :til its pa:-; sc n~<·r trrtins arc equippccl witlt the \Ve~tin~hou:-:c Air Brak<', ::'11illcr Platforms anu Patent Steel-Tired Car \Vhe<'ls. l'ullm:tn Pal::toe Dr:t wing Room Sle •ping- ars, of the mostimln·o,·ed p::ttt rn,run hctw(•t•n St. J'auland Taco:n:t and Portland. In thc~:;e Sl •cp rs cleganc , comfort, convenience a.nd Hnfcty arc all combinNl. Pa'ls ngrn·s d siring berths res rvc<l in the Pulln1an Sleeping- Car· on the Northern Par·ific Rrtilron.cl, r•an l'ecure tlwm by applying to the conductor of tlu~ train on which th y enter St. Prtul .:>t·lllinneapolis, wh will telcgrapll to the tiekc·L agcn ts in ac1 van e. Not only is th N orthcrn Pacific the only l inc rn nning Dining Cars between St. l'ttul and .i.\linncapolis and Fargo, l\loorh ·ad an<l othl'r points in th(• famous Red River Valley, but it i~:; also the only transcontinental line· running any -~ _ _, .,., . -=--::;;." ·--"",,, ,, ' I fonn of Dining 'nr' b C' tw <' c n t,Ju• En.:-t and P o r t I 1 n < l, 0 rcgr> n, T;tconln, '\' . T., an<l othc•r Pacific Coast points. Its Dining ars, whic•h were bnil t at the Pullman Crtr 'Vorks, arc marv ls of luxury, h ing of the most cl gant dc ~:;ign and finish. Th y are Iuounted on combination springs, so ca.rcfully ad- ~. just d that not the least jar eli. turhs the elegantly appointe<.! t11blcs. In these ears the pass nger f'its down to a bountiful "spr ad," comprh;ing all tho d ' lien.cics in season on both tho .Atla•JtiC' an<l l'aeific Cortsts, as well as fi:,;h n.nd game obtained from the countr·y through" hi ~h the road pn.ss •s. Tho cars nrc under th' clir ct Hupcrvision of one of the most C'xp ricnccd cat rcrs 1n t ho~ untry. J\Ic•a.ls aro furni shed at only 7fi cents caell, and nr s n-ed with p -omptnes . tho attention g-iv<:>n to th want. of allprtlrons being cqnnl to thn.t of any hotel in th land. Pnsf'C'ngPr'l not d siring- a reg-ular nw::tl, will be furnished from tho Dining Ca.r with lunches. at r<:>ason11blc prices. Tl1e or-<linn.ry ftrst -<'la::;s co::tches :t.r nc\\•ly huilt. niHl among t.11<:> b<:>st cv r mn.nufncturecl by tho Pullman Car Compn.ny. 8 •con<l-c:la.ss p11ssongcrs ride in good, clean eo:.Lelws,on the ::;tunc train 11s first -el:.lss p:1s~eng-<:>rs. SL•eond-chss Slccp<:>rs ar~ rna on c·x;n·es:,; t :-n.i ns bet ween , t. P:\ul and Portland, and during the night ride ov r tho aH •:tel Division. oth .r line runs, econd-cla ·s Sleepers, oe any ot het· kind of' cmig-ran t cars into :'llontana or Washington T<:>rritori 8 • Tl11•se <·a rs ar ' fit tee! with berths Hi mi 1:t r to those in flrst -ela:s ~:;1 llC'rs, the only mn.t - ril:tl <liffl'l' m· b ing that tho LH't·ths in the' form<:>r ar not uphol::;tcrcd . .No extra chn.rge is m:Hlc f r l>crths in tlwse slcl'pcrs, but pa.-;seng-crs must furnish th it· own hln.nkc>ts nn<l HUdl oth •r bt'clclin :~ as t.hcy mn.y de~ ire. At the news ::;tand in the Union l>t' pot. Rt. Paul, a.nd on all pa 'H<'ng-er tl'.lins going cast or wt•st, migrants ran purch:t~ f>inglc tufted ti ·k matlrc>:scs for $1.00 cu ·h; pillows at 2.3 c·ents ea.eh, c•ur· tttin~:; a.t $1. 2) per pair, 11nd a pair of ::;inglc blankets, incluc\ing ~:;h11wl strap, for $1.50. 0 a grca s· ~tr•. pr: .;(·~ ]lOJll(', llcr.:tlJ a-re rai sinJ siiY<'r farm man,1 this stock goYer from Lancl and t rcgio Ia,k cs Rcgl the b for w Th paid The c RiYcr large under WC' ((' t ll I'(' " o. alway!'! pcrfc•e1 its 11ro flax nn atmosr chang const;ll plcasnu The mount grazing nod fur indust r f rti IP markc numcr v;tlleyH, lead in |