decorating a pavilion at the fair grounds. The pavilion had a "dance floor" some hundred feet in length and sixty feet in width. It had a high arched ceiling with timbers across. There were wires running lengthwise the entire length of the building. The wires were used for placement of decorations when ceremonies, dances, or festivities were held therein. There was a stage about the middle of the floor on which the orchestra was seated. The wire was approximately fifteen feet from the floor at each end and approximately sixteen feet at the center. The Imperial Potentate of the Mystic Shrine was scheduled to visit Kem Temple on July 10, 1947, and the officers of the defendant were making arrangements for his reception and festivities incident thereto atthe pavilion.
Pierce and McIver were officers of the defendant corporation. Pierce was the Potentate, (the chief officer) and McIver was the stage director. Shortly before July 10, 1947, McIver, the stage director of the defendant, contacted the plaintiff and asked him to do some work at the pavilion in preparation for the festivities. The plaintiff agreed to come and work. He testified that he was told there would be a ladder at the pavilion. In the early morning of July 10, 1947, the plaintiff and four other men drove out to the pavilion to engage in the work which had been assigned to them. These men were Cloyd Steenerson, Ben Grove, Clarence Misner, Jake Hoffman and the plaintiff, Frank Olson. They found that certain equipment, including a long