Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26
CAMP pAICN FOR
ExPOSITIoNT TO
START MONDAY
Commanders Of Statesmen
Waiting for Word to
Launch Drive for
S1,000,0OO.

Omaha today is set for the big
81 100000 Ak-Sar- Ben exposition
1rive which will start Monday. The
sales committee in charge of the
drive has gone over every bit of de-
tail to be astred that the mann
moth appeal for funds to develop
the Ak-Sar-Ben will not be in vain.
1t is the hope Of Guy Cramer, chair
man of the sales committee, that
the drive will be 100 per cent
success" by the end of the coming
week.
The city has been divided into dis
tricts with three commanders" in
charge. Under each commando"
are majors" captains" and lieu
tenants In all more than 400, all
Of them successful business and pro-
fessional men of Omaha, will take
Fart in the drive. The western di-
vision of the city is in charge OF
Harry B. Whitehouse. The eastern
division is charge of Harvey Mil
'iken and Robert Manley:
Statesmen Will Report.
Headquarters Of the drive is in
Room 4l0, Electric building, and is
in charge of Danny O'Brien, secre-
tary to J. E, Davidson, president of
the Nebraska Power company. Mr..
Davidson is chairman of the Ak
Sar-Ben finance committee.
Complimentary MONDAY lunch
cons will be given for all the sales
men Monday and Tuesday noon at
u o'clock sharp in the ballroom of
the Hotel Fontenelle. At that time
committees will make reports of
subscriptions taken. The statesmen
are urged to attend these MONDAY
meetings.
There is keen rivalry between the
teams in the drive. The board of
governors of Ak-Sar- Ben has Offered
81 1000 in prizes to the winning
teams and Randall X. Brown, king
of Ak-Sar-Ben, has offered $500 in
prizes.
Start Canvass Monday. y
Starting tomorrow the 400 sales
men, divided into rs teams, will be-
gin their canvass of the city. Their
motto, according to Chairman
Cramer. will be: when you invest
in the Ak-Sar- exposition, you
are making money for yourself, for
you are investing in Omaha"
The stock will sell for $l00 a
share and within three years, mem
bers of the board of governors say.
it is likely that the stock will bring
from to per cent dividends or
more.
The Ak-Sar-Ben exposition, ac-
cording to Chairman Cramer, will
be the only one of its kind in the
United States. 1t is estimated that
it will bring more than 100000 per-
sons to Omaha every year, and will
aid in making Omaha a city Of
100000.
Harries Praised Plan.
"The Ak-Sar-Ben exposition must
60 over the top or Ak-Sar- will
die" said Mr.. Davidson. Omaha
has outgrown the present organiza-
ton. Ak-Sar-Ben must keep pace
with growing Omaha
General George HI. Harries, for
merly president of the Nebraska
Power company, who has just re-
turned from Berlin, penned the fol-
lowing tribute to the Ak-Sar- Ben
Saturday:
AK -Sar-Ben is an unwearylng or
ganization. What it has done for
Omaha. and is doing, is beyond pure
ly material computation. Its public
spirited. Omaha building energies
will now proceed to give the city
permanent exposition OF the first
class, an institution which will add
orally to the citys reputation fo-
enterprise and at the same time pro-
vide the public with wholesome rec
rcation. Surely there can be no bet /.
ter community payins
dividends in health, education, good
citizenship and widely distributed
of