Travelers Earn 'Western Ties'

[Page 1] US ON A BUS Travelers Earn 'Western Ties' (Charles G. Griffo, news litor of The Star, is on 000-mile trip through the Louth and Southwest on a Greyhound bus. He is being accompanied by four of his children while the other two remain home with Mrs. G. Here is his eighth story.) By CHARLES G. GRIFFO Scottsdale, Ariz. -We've gone Western in this, "The West's Most Western Town." We're wearing Western ties. And they are pink, blue and yellow. But that was but one development during the day. We also were taught to spin a lariat. Ride 'em cowboy! It didn't take Chuck long IT HAS HITCHING posts instead of parking meters and the frontier look has been given to all buildings, including the Lulu Belle. The latter is a "lil ole" gin mill and. restaurant with waitresses that dress up in Gay Nineties costumes and a mirror on the wall which was silvered through an old and expensive process of using diamond dust. There are thick steaks, tall drinks and atmosphere. We had a soft drink at the livery stable next door, which is a filling station. The town, which also is near Paradise Valiey and the exclusive resort hotels of Turn to Page 7, Column 6 Al EB 0 FR to figure out that the oldtime cow-town fronts on the buildings in this modern desert town aren't real. "THIS AIN'T like a real cowboy town," says he, as we walked down the main drag right past the Lulu Belle Saloon. I corrected his grammar. "They didn't have shops like this," he adds, looking at a $75 pair of Indian earrings in a craftsman's window. "Well Pardner, it shore is." I say. "If you don't believe me ask the Chamber of Commerce." The town, 12 miles from Phoenix, is located near Camelback Mountain, so named, you've guessed it, because it looks like the back of a camel. It has grown up in the last decade as a haven for artists, craftsmen, fashion designers, and photographers.\

[Page 2] SEC. 1-PAGE Travelers Earn 'Western Ties' Concluded From Page 1 this desert country, draws tourist trade as well as doing mail-order business for artistic craft work. tha's plans for putting daddy in hock for the rest of his life for jewelry and other unnecessary items, and Mary's idea that a doll should be purchased at each stop, we did get the Western ties. They came from Don Paulson, who, with a partner, owns a Western store. "Everybody should wear : a Western tie while out here," said Don, explaining that he makes them for sale to the Las Vegas gambling emporiums for use as souvenirs AFTER discouraging Mar- and for sale throughout the country. It was Paulson, who for years handled and trained horses, who showed the kids how to spin a lariat. He displayed such tricks as the wedding ring and other spins with the rope. TOM MIX showed him how, when he was a kid, he explained. But it was the ties that made us really look like the visiting tourist. I drew the pink one. Gregory went right back to the hotel and put on an oversized shirt of Chuck's that the tie would clip in. THEY PUT ON the cow. boy hats they had bought in Mexico. Before we left I mentioned one thing of importance 1 to the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce. Several millions of dollars have been spent here attract the tourists through use of the frontier town atmosphere. And what attracted my bouncing boys most on their visit? A jeep with a real steer's skull on the front and the town's two small-sized fire engines! KONSULAT DER BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND DETROIT.