Tom BOUSE
Arizona Republican Newspaper, Jan. 17, 1909

Tom Bouse of the city of Bouse, original owner of the town of 
Bouse, original setttler of the Bouse Valley and the little big 
man of Bouse is in Phoenix. He came in yesterday to close up a 
mining deal. In fact, he came in to close up two mining deals 
and closed them up too.  He and his partner R. McMahan came in 
together and stopped at the Ford.  McMahan is also an old 
resident of the Bouse Valley, having lived there nearly as 
long as Bouse.  They have been mining and prospecting together 
and have some valuable claim.  Well they sold two of their 
properties they are not out of the mining business because 
they also have many more good claims to develop and sell.  
They have such great faith in the future of that country that 
for the past six years they have been putting in all of their 
time doing assessment work on their claims, knowing that the 
time would come when all of that country would be a great mining 
field and then they could sell their claim at good prices.

Both of these men are jolly good fellows and the kind one 
meets in the hills, the kind who will divide their bed and 
chuck whenever one comes across their camp.  They are old 
timers in western Arizona and acquainted with the odd 
stirring times of frontier days.

"I have always had great faith in our country out at Bouse," 
said Mr. Bouse at the Ford last night.  "We now have a booming 
town and I feel that it is going to make a good sized town 
soon.  We have some good enterprising men hold of the townsite 
now and they are going to make a success of it. I have an 
interest in the townsite and also have some valley land 
adjoining the townsite.  A lot of people have come in lately 
and we have a lot of houses being built.  I am going out home 
on the excursion train Sunday and I want to get as many 
Phoenix people, as will do so, to stop off and see us. I 
think we have the best climate and the best water in western 
Arizona."