The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-11
COMMERCE BOARD
FR0L|Cs ON TRIP
Minstrel Show Features Entertain
ment First Night Out-H. s. Earle
Talks on Good Roads.

There was no lack of entertain
ment and merriment. Friday evening.
on board the City OF Cleveland, which
carried the members Of the Board OF
Commerce on their outing to Georgian
Bay, and there was plenty OF variety
for the serious and the frivolous. &C
cording to The Times wireless ad-
vices. A full-nedged minstrel COM
pany OF the most up-to-the moment
callbcr provided the chief amusement
of the evening. and the jokes. songs,
choruses and vaudeville stunts Great
ed hearty laughter. The show was
under the direction of DR.. Russell
Pearce. and In the ranks were many
of the best-known minstrel men in
Detroit. George Clark. Earl Bradley.
VIII Blodgett. Charles T. Schermer-
horn, A. A. Schantx and Eddie Guest
were the end men. and their With
cisms would have done credit to the
Primrose and West.
Here Is q sample Of what the end
men had to say:
| Bones-"I suppose you heard about
Ed. Doyle losing his job In church,"
lnterlocutor-"I didn't know he had
a Job In church. What was he doing?'
Bones-"He passed the contribu-
tlon box. but they fired him"
Interlocutor-"What was the excuse
for letting him out?"
Bones-"I don't know, but they've
got a one-armed man working In his
place now"
Tambo-"You will excuse me,
please, gentleman of the audience,
but dent care to cockroach any
more upon your time"
Interlocutor-"You mean hencroach.
don't your"
Tambo-"Well, 1t doesn't make any
difference. It's just matter OF gen
der"
Tambo-"I had a terrible dream
last night. Mr.. Interlocutor. dreamed
| died and went up to heaven
Interlocutor-"Why. that wasn't SO
bad. Tambo."
Tambo--"Yes, but couldn't get in"
Interloculor-"Well, that was bad
dream"
Tambo-"That is. couldn't get In
at first | was told there were three
tasks would have to perform before
would be permitted to remain"
Interlocutor-"And what were you
compelled to do?"
Tambo-"In the first place they
pointed to a great big lake-bigger
than Lake Superior, and gave me a
pint pail and told me had to bail 1t
dry. | did IL, too"
Interlocutor-"That must have TAX
en- some time, didn't IT."
Tambo-"Exactly 10000 years. And
when that was done they pointed to q
great big mountain-bigger than the
Rocky mountains--and gave me lit
, tie fire shovel and told me to 60 and
dig the mountain away"
Interlocutor--"And how long did
that take?"
Tambo Seventeen thousand
years"
Interlocutor-"well. those were two
jobs; what was the third job?''
Tambo--"They led me up to q
blackboard and told me would have
to keep writing my name on that
blackboard until Mayor Breitmeyer
had settled the street car question.
So left"
Interlocutor-"Where did you go?"
Tambo-'T went where the street
car settlement has gone"
Earle, Talks On Good Roads.
Horatio S. Earle. ex-state commits
sioner OF highways, was invited to
give 4 talk Oh Good roads" and
among other things he said:
I'VE say we are for good roads IN
Wayne county, but does that say
come from the mouth or from the
| pocketbook?
| You cannot build roads with wind
It. takes money and brains. Are you
willing to put up the money?
| Shall we wait 20 years for our
present country road commission C.
build us a trunk line system of zoe
miles, at the rate Of ten miles a year
or shall we build the entire system
next year and have the benefit Of II
Tor the next 20 years?
| ITO bring the matter to an issue
I have prepared a petition addressed
To the board of supervisors Of Wayne
county and l will read 1t.
We, the undersigned freehold
cTs of the county of Wayne, do
petition your honorable body to
submit to a vote OF the electors
of said county. In accordance with
the provisions Of section 20 OF
| chapter four of act number 283 OF
the Public Acts Of 1909. the ques-
| ton OF bonding said county for
the sum of 100000, or such
other sum as In your Judgment
| may seem advisable: the money
| so raised by the sale of such
! bonds to be used in the construc-
ton and improvement of high
| ways and bridges In said county,
with the object in view OF estab-
fishing a complete system Of i'm
! proved trunk line roads through
! out the county.
Now II you are for good roads
sign the petition; II you are not, re
| fuse
Instead of building roads on the
lnstalment plan we will build them
at once and pay for them by instai
ments.
Our present valuation Is approx
mately $400. 100000. In Ave years I,
will be $500, 100000 and In ten years
| tCnn 70 20 IN