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SOUTH DAKOTA 



The Land of Bread and 



Butter 



SOUTH DAKOTA is LONG ON WHEAT AND SHORT ON PEOPLE. 



Today it presents the best opportunities in America for those who 

 want to get ahead on the Highway to Independence. More than. 

 47,000,000 bushels of corn, more than 47,000,000 bushels of wheat, live 

 stock to the value of $4 1,000,000, hay to the value of $12,000,000, and 

 products of the mines above $12,000,000, were some of the returns 

 from South Dakota for 1905. With a population of only 450,000, and 

 the annual production of new wealth above $166,000,000, it can be 

 readily understood why South Dakota people are prosperous and 

 happy. 



Why don't you go there and investigate the openings along the 

 new lines of this railway for yourself. 



From Chicago and from many other points in Illinois, Minnesota, 

 Iowa and Missouri, direct service to South Dakota is offered via the 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway 



Its main lines and branch lines fairly gridiron the rich agricultural 

 and stock country of South Dakota. Its mileage in South Dakota is 

 more than 1,200 miles, and by the building of extensions is being 

 rapidly increased. 



A NEW LINE is Now BEING BUILT from Chamberlain, S. D., to 

 Rapid City, S. D., through Lyman, Stanley and Pennington Counties. 

 Some of the best opportunities for success are along these new lines. 

 Land can now be bought at from 10 to $18 per acre, but these prices 

 will soon advance. The railway company has NO farm lands for sale 

 or rent. 



If you are interested, it is worth while to write today for a new book on South 

 Dakota. It will be sent free by return mail. 



F. A. MILLER, Ceneral^senger CHICAGO 



