Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
CORN ILLUMINATION GREAT
Lighting Effects Will 0utshine Even
Carnival Glory.
VOLUNTEERS HAVE NEW SCHEME
County Comptroller and City
Electrician Michaelsen Devise
Brilliant Ebony and DiR-
mOnd Plan.

The National Corn exposition will vie
with Ak-sar-Ben in glory of nocturnal
Illumination. The details Of the contract
for lighting let to the Western Electrical
company gives assurance that even SPLEEN
dor of the great carnival will be outshone,
King Corn cleaning forth with a brilliance
many candle power greater than that
given by the myriad arcs in honor of King
Ak-Sar-Ben.
A scheme has been proposed by County
Comptroller Solomon and City Electrician
Michaelsen which will impress visitors as
much as any other single feature of the
National Corn exposition. This is the deco
rative plan for the front of the Auditorium.
The back ground will be an ebony black.
Nailed to this will be blsected ears of corn
colored by the gilder's art. Interspersed
among the strips of golden corn will be
thousands of tiny electric lights. The
CLEAN of gold and the glitter of diamonds
flashing from a coal-black background will
thus startle and delight the thousands of
nightly visitors at the exposition.
In other details the illumination of the
corn exposition will be as unique and as
impressive. as this grand portal portion.
Fifteenth street, leading to the Auditorium,
will be lit up with hundreds of Nernst
lamps and the combined brightness result
ing will Guido any terrestrial illumination
ever seen before in Omaha.
Messrs. Solomon and Michaelsen were re-
Gently added to the committee on decora-
tions and are giving their services gratis.
Both have had a wide experience in expo
sition work and unite taste and judgment
TO technical skill. The street Examinations
of the city hall and court house, put up
in hnnnr nf Al--Gar-Dan nil &c - L.,
utilized FOR the exposition, having been
left in place with that end in view
James Heads Alfalfa Work.
William James was elected superinten-
dent of the installation of alfalfa 9nd other
grasses in the alfalfa palace by the ex-
ecutive committee of the exposition at a
regular meeting Friday afternoon. There
is no man in the west with a better knowl-
edge of alfalfa, combined with the show
mans skill in arranging grasses on eX-
hibit. lee McGreer was awarded the con-
tract for the installation of the model
kitchen of the domestic science depart
ment at the same meeting. He also has
the contract for the removal of seats from
the Auditorium and the installation of
racks for corn in the galleries.
President Wattles has added a new day
to the list, which will be known as 'Old
Country" day. 1t is designed especially
to honor Americans of foreign birth, and
an elaborate program is contemplated. Mr..
Wattles desires to hear from the leading
men in the German-American, Swedish
American and other societies of a like ma
ture with regard to cooperating in the
arrangement of a program for the day.
Texas and idaho Heard From.
Texas, New York and Idaho were among
the states which sent word Saturday tina
their xhibit were being prepared or en-.
route. From Boise came word that a specia
car has left Caldwell packed with Idaho't
exhibit of grains and grasses. The New
York State Board of Agriculture wrote tina.
1t is cooperating with Cornell universit,
In an exhibit which 1t is hoped will AIDE
quately represent the Empire state. TIL,
Texas exhibit is already on the way. It wa,
arranged by the Fort Worth Chamber o.
Commerce, which is one OF the stronges
organizations Of the kind in the United
States.
Alumn Of the University of Nebraska
have volunteered TO arrange entertainment
In honor of President Whitmore and tn,
other regents of the state institution, whC
will hold a special meeting in Omaha dur
ing the exposition. 1t Is evident that tn,
intercollegiate aspect of the exposition will
be strongly emphasized. There will b,
large delegations here from Ames and otheI
agricultural colleges and alumni of man,
universities and colleges are planning som,
sort of reunions during the exposition.