April 5th 1905 - Searching for a homestead

5th day of April. Starts out to find homestead land. There was lots of it. We drive about 18 miles over the prairies, sees nothing but prairies, a house here another house two miles away. the men I had with me growled and grumbled at me for bringing them to such a Country. Mr. Smith told them that the Railway would be coming through the Country soon but they would not listen to that so we came back; another day gone and nothing done - The Railway did come through that Country 3 years after it is now called Perdue.