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Council Bluffs is not as large as Omaha; but it can
sincerely and unselfishly urge the people of Omaha
to join us in making the entire community dry. "
Signed) JOE W. SMITH,
President Chamber of Commerce.
(Signed) M. B. SNYDER,
Mayor.
The aboveNs a statement from the Mayor, and
President of the Chamber of, Commerce of Council
Bluffs, printed in the Sunday issue of this paper in a
paid ad by the Dry Committee for the benefit of the
citizens, of Omaha. When the Dry Committee pul
lished'this statement they played right into our hands,
for we have been telling the citizens of Omaha that the
merchants of Council Bluffs were anxious to see our
city go dry, because the merchants of Council Bluffs
have been losing trade since they adopted prohibition.
The above statement from the men across the river
goes to make our argument for license all the stronger
from a business point of view. We have been telling
you that the merchants from across the river have been
praying for Omaha to go dry and have contributed to
the dry campaign fund, and behold, at last they come
out with a signed statement to that effect.
- . 0 merchants, professional men, laboring men and
real estate owners of Omaha, what more proof could
you wish than the above statement that prohibition has
been a failure in Council Bluffs and that it will work
a hardship' on the merchants of this city? Can it be
impossible for you to see that the merchants of Council
Bluffs are suffering from a business depression on ac
count of prohibition? ; If so, how can you, in the face
of this statement, support prohibition? '
, Again we state that prohibition has worked a hard
ship on the merchants of Council Bluffs, and they are
anxious for Omaha to adopt prohibition in order that
they may get some of the trade back .that they formerly
enjoyed before their city was afflicted with the prohi
bition blight. . .'
The advocates of prohibition clai mthat the mer
chants of Council Bluffs denounce the Taxpayers'
League of Omaha. Sure they woulc denounce the Tax
payers' League of Omaha! They would denounce any
body of men in Omaha or anywhere else who will stand
for a license policy in Omaha. LICENSE FOR OMAH A
AND PROHIBITION FOR, COUNCIL BLUFFS
SPELLS BUSINESS DEPRESSION IN COUNCIL
BLUFFS AND PROSPERITY FOR THE CITIZENS
OF OMAHA;
The merchants of CDuncil Bluffs see their old
patrons going by their shop doors, crossing the river
bridge, doing theirv shopping in Omaha and returning
with parcels which were purchased from their com
petitors on this side of the river.
' This is their reason for denouncing the Taxpayers'
League.
"Make the entire community dry," says the Presi
dent of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce.
Sure, the business men of jCouncil Bluffs want
Omaha to adopt prohibition for the following reasons:
The farmers who , live in the near-by community
in Iowa and who1 formerly shopped with the merchants
in Council Bluffs before prohibition went into effect
there, now go right on through that city to Omaha.
They don't even stop for gasoline or water. All that
Council Bluffs merchants get from farmers in the near
by community at present is the dust and the exhaust
from their machines going through that city.
Real Estate
The drys claim there are only seven vacant store
rooms in Council Bluffs. We publish for your inf orma-
, tiona list of the vacant store and office buildings across
the river and you can judge for yourself whether or not
the drys have told the truth in regard to the empty
buildings in Council Bluffs. - I
They are just as close to the truth with their state
ment in regard to the above as they were with any of
their statements throughout the campaign.
See if the following list looks like SEVEN in
number:
One-Story Store Building. .. . . . .S. E. Cor. 34th and Broadway
One-Story Store Building ....... N. E. Cor. 33d and Broadway
One-Story Store Building S. E. Cor. 33d and Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .2329 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 2327 Broadway
One-Story Store Building N. E. Cor. 24th and Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .2312 Broadway ,
One-Story Store Building 2300 Broadway
One-Story Store Building N. W. Cor. 20th and Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .20th and Broadway
One-Story Store Building 17th and Broadway ' "
One-Story Store Building .1506 Broadway
One-Story Store Building. N. W. Cor. Broadway & N. W. Track
One-Story Store Building 1028 Broadway
One-Story Store Building ....... 1019 Broadway
One-Story Store Building. 1017 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 1014 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 1012 Broadway
One-Story Store Building N. E. Cor. 10th and Broadway ,
One-Story Store Building 924 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 922 Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .920 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 728 Broadway
One-Story Store Building 711 Broadway
One-Story Store Building.... ...70S Broadway )
One-Story Store Building ....... 707 Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .S. W. Cor. 7th and Broadway
One-Story Store Building ....... 303 Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ...... 113 Upper Broadway
One-Story Store Building. ..... .111 Upper Broadway .
One-Story Store Building ....... 207, South Main St. ,
One-Story Store Building, ..... .811 South Main St.
One-Story Store Building. ..... .N. E. Cor. 6th Ave. and S. Main St
One-Story Store Building ....... 607 South Main St '
One-Story Store Building. . . . . . .919 South Main St.
Two-Story Store Building. .... .S. E. Cor. 33d and Broadway
Two-Story Store Building. ... , .2534 Broadway Lower Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. .. . ...2021 Broadway
Two-Story Store Building ...... 706 Broadway
Two-Story Store Building ...... 704 Broadway (Lower Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. .... .521 Broadway (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building, .... .418 Broadway , " " " ;
Two-Story Store Building, .... .345 Broadway
Two-Story Store Building, 332 Broadway (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. .... .234 Broadway
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 134 Broadway ' ' ' , '
Two-Story Store Building, ..... 116 Broadway
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 132 Upper Broadway ,
Two-Story Store Building, ..) . .205 Broadway (Lower Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 13 North Main St (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 15 North Main St (Lower Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. .... .52 North Main St.
Two-Story Store Building: ..... 13 South Main St
Two-Story Store Building. .... .228 S. Main St (Two Floor) ,
Two-Story Store Building. .... .234 S. Main St (Upper Floor) .
Two-Story Store Building. .. . . .504 S. Main St. (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 519 South Main St
Two-Story Store Building. 1005 S. Main St (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building 507 Pearl St
Two-Story Store Building 141 Pearl St (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 12 Pearl St (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. , .... Pearl and Broadway (Upper Floor)
Two-Story Store Building. ..... 19 Vine St.
Two-Story Office Building 506 Broadway (Upper Floor)
Three-Story Office Building. . . .514 Broadway (2d and 3d Floors)
Three-Story Store Building. ... .101 South Main St.
Three-Story Office Building. ... 120 South Main St
Three-Story Store Building 28 Pearl St. (Two Floors)
Three-Story Building 16 Pearl St. (Two Upper Floors)
Store Room. 16 Pearl St. ,
Seventy-one Office and Store Buildings for Rent
in Council Bluffs-Did the drys tell the truth about the
SEVEN vacant store rooms? i
We defy them to prove that the above buildings
are not for rent and if this be true, and if prohibition is
such a good thing for business, why is it that these build
ings have not been occupied? We will leave it for
the drys to answer. . 1
Oh, merchants and property owners and taxpayers
of Omaha, think in a straight line for just a moment!
Can't you imagine the destruction of property values
in Omaha should prohibition go into effect? Can't
you at once see a 25 to 40 per cent increase in your tax
rate? ' . ' .' ' : ,. ; ' ,
How can you support a proposition that will throw
hundreds of vacant store rooms in the midst of -your
city, such as Council Bluffs has today?
Douglas ounty Taxpayers' leagtie