Shipped from Winnipeg by train, the home came to Stirling in crates with instruction, including shingles, lumber, doors, moldings, windows, paint, nails, hardware and building paper, all this for the cost of about $1,577.00.

From the early 1900s to the 1930s, Eaton's sold entire houses from their catalogues to help with the population boom throughout Western Canada.

The materials were shipped by rail to the nearest community, paid for at the station, and then hauled to the site for construction.

For $146.00 more you could add a "Hot Air Heating Plant" and for $180.00, a complete "Plumbing Outfit".

This made building a home a quick and easier job for the settlers living throughout the prairies, where wood was scarce and supplies were short.