Arizona republican., 1909-07-11

of transient business, especially by mining men, several of whom have stated that they expect to make the hotel headquarters for the coming fall and winter One of these is J. E. Meyer of J. E. Meyer X Co, of Los Angeles. Mir. Meyer was the president of the Arizona Bouse Cop- per company which formerly owned the Little Butte before it was taken over by the Little Butte Consolidated Mines Co. Meyer X Co. are selling agents for the Little Butte Consoli- dated Mines Co, and besides are handling other propositions in this country. Mir Meyer states that he expects to open offices in the Hotel Burke this winter and will spend a considerable portion of his time in Bouse.
 Townsite Company Active.
 The Bouse Townsite Land and Im- provement company are getting ready to make an active campaign this com ing fall The Townsite company was organized last winter and started in to do business, but their lot sales were held up on account of difficulty in getting land scrip applied to the land on which it is proposed to build the town. However, this matter has now all been adjusted and the town site company is in a position to sell lots and give perfect title to them. A large amount of ground has been laid out in town lots and many of them sold Several good buildings will be erected this fall by various business houses besides a large number of dwelling houses. The mercantile bus mess now being transacted in Rouse amounts to considerable when it is taken into consideration that it sup plies a territory some twenty five miles in all directions and that within that territory there are some fifty mining properties working, some of them working large forces of men.
 Both the Morley Mercantile Co. and the Brayton Commercial Co, general stores, do a very large business and the business is increasing all the time. Bouse has five saloons, all do- ing a rushing business which shows that there is a large amount of money coming into the town right along. Bouse also has an ice cream parlor, barber shops, three restau- rants, a first class meat and produce market and other business houses.
 Railroads Help Rouse.
 The building of the Swansea-Ari- zona railroad from Bouse to Swan sea by the Clara Consolidated people will be of great advantage to Rouse and will give the town a great many In the first place the railroad will be twenty five miles long and it will require a large number of men to do the work All of these men will spend their money in Rouse which will bring lots of money to town. In the next place the Swansea road will terminate at Bouse and all freight will have to be transferred at that point and in fact much of the provisions for Swansea and the other mining camps on the Bill Williams will be bought in BOuse.
 At the present time all the mining camps on the. Bill Williams have to come to Bouse either by burro OF wagon and the haul is a long one and requires much time and expense. To have supplies freighted out to these camps by wagon is too expen- sive for the prOspectors and as al the Bill Williams country has never been properly prospected. When the new railroad is completed the people in the Bill Williams coun- try will be able to buy provisions at the Swansea store practically as cheap as at Rouse or Phoenix and win be enabled to proper ly prospect the territory. It is eX- pected, however, that the railroad will be extended beyond Swansea to the Planet mine and possibly on across the Bill Williams into MOjave county, thus opening up that rich country. For fifty years the richness of the Bill William Fork. country has been known and talked of all over the country, but prospecting has always been too expensive. The new road will throw all of that new country open and it will all be tributary to Bouse and to be supplied by Bouse business houses. With all of this new territory opened up, thus affording for many small retail | stores and commissaries, there will be | an excellent opportunity for one or