Big auto contest man fails to collect $$$

A word to the wise is sufficient. That old axiom proved true in Wilmette during the last week following the explanation in last week's issue of this paper of the "free automobile guessing contest," in which a Chicago promoter gathered in an easy half hundred dollars from so many local citizens.
The collector, who followed the promoter, found that collections were "unusually dull." It is probable that he will not make a return trip to this village after his unsuccessful attempt to again persuade those who entered the "great-odds-against-you" contest to hand over another dollar for a "guess."
It follows quite naturally that no automobile was delivered to any of the half hundred Wilmette contestants last week. Neigher did any of the easy ones come within a hundred or more numerals of winning the second prize money. The reason is that winners are seldom heard of in the 9,999 to 1 chance "contests" such as the local men were fooled in.