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PLAYING THE OTHER FELLOWS
 GAME.

dapper young man of 32 blew into Portland, Ore, with a plan for a $1,000,000 tire factory, lived com- fortably and negotiated for five acres of river frontage and hired an archi- tect to- prepare factory plans A few days later, after the Better Bus mess Bureau and the police had communed with him, he left town. -
 But meanwhile his three compan- ions, who had been enlisted in his cause on his assurance that he had the backing of Los Angeles million aire-one an elderly cripple and the others two youths whose interest he had gained-had spent sums ranging fRom $500 to s400 each in the hope of the success of his venture. h. Vestigation by the Better Business Bureau showed that the slick promo ter, who had bilked a trio of easy come-ons, had been arrested two years previously under an alias for an automobile theft and impersonat- ing an officer and had served thir- teen months at federal prison.
 The elderly cripple whom he vic timized to the extent of his savings, borrowed 50 cents from an official to get to Vancouver, whence he plan ned to walk to Tacoma, and the youths sought funds to get back to California.
 If the victims had spent few dol lars Investigating before they swal- low the hook, line and sinker of the Los Angeles shcker they might have been able to buy 8 flivver with which to return to their respective homes But in their blind faith they were like most investors in fakers' goods.
 The American Research Founda- tion at Chicago has issued a bulle- tin says that g per cent of all wells drilled for oil have been failures. Dry holes in the last few years have resulted in an average loss to opera tors of $90,000,O00 year. Drilling oil wells has cost $12,O00,O0O,00O since the beginning of the oil industry and all the oil ever recovered has brot the producers only s7,00,000,O00. 80 per cent of wells drilled in wildcat territory never struck oil.
 The loss of stock promotion. fakers who took the public's money and never drilled at all is loss not fig ured in these estimates" the bulle- tin says. There is as much dan ger today as in the past in invest ing in fly-by-night oil schemes and companies not backed by personnel of intelligent and skilled oil opera tors. Only companies equipped with scientific and thoroughly trained men have more than a fighting chance to win in a business that is becoming more costly each year."
 The same thing might be said, in general terms, of other promotion schemes, notably gold mine opera tions. Easy marks, like the trio that fell for the piker crook at Port land, make two fundamental mis takes in that they put their money into something about which they know little or nothing and that they do their Investigating after their savings are gone.
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Among the government depart ments that have contrived only to make a mess" of things is the weather bureau.
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Anna Bell, IA year old, won the spelling championship of Madison county, Ohio, in 1O-hour contest in which she defeated 157 competitors.
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FALL AND WINTER SUITS

My fall and winter suit and over coat samples are now on display. If you are planning a new suit or over coat it will be to your advantage to look these over.
 If JORDAN'S VALET SERVICE.
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Correct this sentence: T have had two hundred cases" said the law yer, "and never yet have insulted a helpless witness"
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Miss Nellie Hamel-Smith employs 50 native laborers on her West h. dian coconut plantation, which covers more than 100 acres.
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Senora Gales, wife of President Gales of Mexico, is said to have spent s4,OO0 on a recent Los Ange- les shopping trip.
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The people who send us bills are considerate, at that. They don't use dun-colored envelopes.
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How odd it seems to hear a pur- ist call the slugger who whams the pill a batsman.
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There are two million laws to se- lect from, but men still prefer break ing the original ten.
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Slowly mans inventiveness Will knock everybody out of job except the reformer.
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Mrs. Emma Lewis, now a practic- ing lawyer in St. Louis, began to study law after she was the grand mother of five.
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A philosopher is an old soak who reflects that at last whisky costs as much as it is worth.
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It might be worse. No magazine really is as naughty as the cover de- sign indicates.
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Every man is capable of originat- ing the ideas he has the capacity to comprehend
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The rolling stone may gather no moss, but the traveller collects a lot of fine hotel towels.
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Nearly all of the great by-products are being utilized now except the discarded safety razor blades.
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The ladies are lucky, as usual. The man who barbers them has no ex- cuse to pull their noses.
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An intellectual is one who can quote the good authors who furnish ed the few ideas he possesses.
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Americanism. Act. l He's a darn ed failure; snub him." Act 2: Now he's a success. Throw brick at him"
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Knickers: Modest feminine gar ments that keep the knees hidden.

One way to handle the Mexican situation is with clean hands.
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Put: Verb; meaning to place a things where you want it. Putt: Noun; vain effort to do as above.
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One sourdough up the street said they should take the monkey bus mess out of evolution.
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Modernizing it: Joseph had coat of lowered georgette."
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When Greek meets Greek, the Ital- ian enjoys sitting on the fence.
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Smile with Nile" Saturday night.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

FOR SALE-Ford Bug Auto, light. classy, and speedy.-Ogles Gar age. If
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WANTED-Go to camp, man and wife, cook and helper, will go any where. Apply Gateway. If
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FOR SALE-Ford Touring car, self starter, demountable rims, new, one spare tire, car 1925 model, run but a few miles. See Fishers Cafe. If
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29
ADJUSTMENTS
COLONIAL THEATRE THURSDAY
1.-THE Midshipman," an Annapolis
Story, with Ramon Novarro;
"Spook Ranch" with Hoot Gibson,
News and Fables, Children's Mat
inee at O'clock

Annapolis life as shown In "The
Midshipman," is treat not only
from an amusement standpoint but
also that of education. This picture
was made with the help of the Unit
ed States government and the entire
college at Annapolis was thrown
open to the film actors. 1t is the
first official Naval Academy picture.
1t has joys, sorrows, loves and adj
ventures and with Ramon Novarro
and an all-star cast, including Har-
riett Hammond and Wesley Barry
and 2400 Naval Academy Middies,
delightful picture has been produced.
Hoot Gibson in THE Spook
Ranch" is real thriller and any,
one who enjoys good Western drama
will be delighted with Hoot's latest
offering.
The News Weekly and Fables
complete the program.
Mothers should take the oppor-
tunity, due to no school. of bringing
their children to see this program
as it is decidedly clean, wholesome
and entertaining, and any child will
benef1t by seeing THE Midshipman."
Tomorrow is the program de luxe,
which includes Tom Mix in "The
Everlasting Whisper" Bessie Love
in New Brooms;" Mack Sennett
Comedy and News Weekly.-Adv.s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29
Andover Guide
Traps a BObcat
Of Unusual Size

The department Of inland fisher
les and game has received an inter-
esting report from George R. Learn
ed, of Andover, guide of long ex-
perience, with reference to the
capture of very large bob cat re-
Gently. Mr.. Learned writes that in
a ravine on his trapping line he no
ticed recently that the deer were
becoming very wild, and on several
runways had seen where they had
been chased by some animal. He
put out six traps. and six days later
was rewarded by having caught in
enc Of his traps what he considers
one of the largest bob cats ever
killed in Western Maine. The animal
weighed forty-seven and three
fourths pounds, length of skin on
stretcher, fifty-four inches, width of
hips, fifteen and three -fourths inches.
shoulder fourteen and one-half
inches. ~
Mr.. Learned reports having. caught
nine bob cats during the past few
hunting seasons, including one
Canada lynx, and that the animal he
recently captured was a great deal
larger than any previously taken by
him. Mr.. Learned IL anxious to
know II there Is any record OF
larger bob cat having been taken.
II so, he would like to know the
weight length, etc., and where
taken.
Mr.. Learned further states that
deer are very plentiful in the section
Of Oxford County he has travelled
over, hunting conditions fine. and
closed his report with the comment
that with the one deer limit we
should have a steady increase of
deer in Maine"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29

Especial to the Kennebec JournaD
Winthrop, Me-. Oct. 2S.-Mrs.
Murray l.. Stanley of Daytona, Fla,
a native of Winthrop, and who has
a summer home on the shore OF
Lake Maranacook. has donated to
the winthrop Community hospital
an Cray unit which is to be IN
stalled as soon as necessary renoya.
tions can be made in the hospital
rooms to properly house the ma
chine. 1t will be machine or the
most modern type and one of cred
it to any institution. The renovations
will be undertaken and financed by
the Hospital Aid Society and will aid
greatly in the comfort, and care OF
the patients who receive treatment
at the hospital. The hospital Is now
closing It's fourth month since being
taken over by the corporation and
the success of the undertaking is
now assured, due to the patronage Of
the. people of this community need
ing hospital care, to the untiring
efforts of the Hospital Aid and the
liberal support both financially and
morally of the general public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29
LITCHFIELD
Funeral Of Dwight Taylor YOUNG

r' OF OWi9ht Taylor Young
Funeral services Of Dwight TAYLOR
Ioung, VINO passed away Monday
naorning at the home of his parents.
WI. ana Mrs. Herbert Young of Man
chester. were held Wednesday after.
noon at his late home at LitchfleId
Corner. under the direction of lanes
Eitzgerald Post, American Legion
Inc onlciating clergyman was Rev.
Charies watkins Of Litchfleld, who
spoke very comforting words and
VINO also rendered a beautiful poem
appropriate for the occasion Two
soosl rendered very beautifully bv the
baritone singer. David Bowie. There
were many choice floral pieces.
| among them were tributes from
James Fitzgerald Post American
Legion. Sons of Veterans Auxiliary.
Libby Relief Corps and LitchfIeid
Grange
Frank Hewins of Augusta was funer.
al director and burial was made IN
the family lot at Litchf1eld Plains.
CORNER-The Philomathean So
clety held Its regular meeting Mon
day evening. The meeting was in
charge Of the Alumni with Mr., Taylor
acting as president. The following
program was given: Singing. Amer
ica;" speech by G. M. Kendrick. su-
perintendent of schools; piano duet.
Miss Susan Kendrick and Miss Kath-
crime Kendrick; reading. Delma
Small; reading, Mrs. Nettie Allard.
solo. Mrs. Genie Small; a talk on
basketball. Mrs. Ruth Lane; reading.
Arthur Mitchell; piano solo, Mrs.
Hildred Mitchell; speech, Fred Nit
chell; reading, Lyman Waterman.
song, Arthur Mitchell and Erland
Waterman; remarks by Mr.. Taylor:
piano solo, Miss Marian Earle.
There will be pancake supper and
halloween social at the vestry Sat-
urday evening given by Mrs. Rath-
buns Sunday School class. The pro-
ceeds to go for the benefit of the
church.
Mrs. Grace Young passed Thurs-
day. Friday and Saturday in Ports
mouth, N. H., with her sister. Mrs.
Kate Goodrich
Miss Margaret Campbell, who Is
employed in. Augusta passed the
eek-end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs e. l.. Campbell.
Mrs. Mary Benson Is visiting rela-
tives in Dresden.
Mrs. Julia Jordan of Pennington
was the guest of Mrs. Earle Hunting
ton Tuesday night.
Funeral services for Mr.. Dwight
Young were held at his home We'd
nesday afternoon. Rev. Charles Wat |
kins officiating. The American Leg
Ion mad services at the house and the
cohinittaI service at the grave.
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Limousine Follows
Hearse in Style

Quincy. ILL.,, Oct. 90 (AP) - Mans
last earthly ride has undergone some
style changes in recent years. The
ornate hearse is out of date and most
citizens now go to their final rest in
a vehicle not greatly different from
the family automobile.
One of the country's largest hearse
makers, located here, manufactures
a plain coach resembling a limousine
but with the door in the rear. Ex-
cept for the vehicles sent to Latin
American countries and few to large
cities having numerous foreign resi-
dents, this Is the approved type Of
funeral carriage for Americans Of all
classes.
This firm ships to Mexico, Cuba,
and South America. The Mexican
wants his funeral carriage FURNISHED
with gold. lined with purple, and
painted with light grays. The Cuban
likes the full ornamentation, the
angel figures, the drapery. a platform
for the casket. with a canopy above
supported by winged seraphs.
The horse drawn hearse was dis
carded about Is years ago. The
hearse manufacturers build the bod
les and mount them on various
makes OF automobiles.
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Find Snake Which
Caused Bows Death

? Douglas. Ga. Oct. % (AP)-Davis,
hunter and trailer of snakes, has
scored again.
Crawling through a dense thicket
and roping with shoe string a five
and a half foot rattler that was
thought to have caused the death of
a boy, Lewis Adams, C. M. Davis,
the youthful foeman of snakes, added
another skin to his collection.
The snake was identified as the
one which struck young Adams,
through the finding of double fangs
on the right side and none on the
left. These Tailed with the wound
The Adams boy had gone into the
woods carrying a sling shot with
which to hunt birds. He was bitten
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if drank Just water. Once when we
had been in town little book telling
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was left in our car. have
taken five bottles of the Vegetable
Compound now and do all my house.
work and help with the milking and
taking care of chickens and garden:
Besides / have fine baby girl eight
months old, just the picture of health
and am feeling fine myself. Youmay
use this letter as testimonial and |
will answer any letters asking about
the Vegetable Compound. = Mrs.
OSCAR F. BoRGELN, Route No. 5,
Forest City, Iowa.
For sale by druggists everywhere.
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Governor Brewster
Calls Attention to
N. q. Industrial Meet
Nov. IL at Worcester

r. I'm my judgment the rebirth Of
New England is at hand" declares
Governor Ralph o. Brewster in q
letter sent to agricultural, civic and
commercial organizations through
out the State calling their attention
to the New England industrial con-
ference to be held at Worcester,
Mass, Nov. II.
Governor Brewster's letter con-
tinues as follows:
= ''The renaissance Of our agricul-
ture and our industry and the spirit
which has made New England great
will come as a result of the cooper
alton fthe generation that is now
sweeping upon the stage.
: Young in spirit, rich in the hertz
age Of three centuries upon these
shores, ideal in conditions to pro-
duce healthy active life New Eng
land is today as it has been for a
century the generating station to
carry America on. Today however.
the energies Of our youth and the
economic, commercial and spiritual
lead ership that have made the terms
""Pilgrims." puritan" and Yankee"
synonyms for those qualities that
America holds as ideal will wisely
be exercised within the limits Of our
own section Of our common land.
- Here opportunities are multiply
ing, here the tide has definitely
turned, here the sun rises upon q
new yet old spirit that Is abroad.
"One Of the most definite mile
stones marking the new New Eng
land will be placed at Worcester on
November twelfth when the New
England town meeting will assemble
70 consider the wise steps first to
take and to concentrate our efforts
upon sound economic and coopera-
Tive lines.
= Every organization Is invited to
send there three delegates. You
will serve the interests of yourself,
your organization, your community
and your State by seeing to 1t that
your organization is represented at
the conferences that are there to
take place.
This gathering is called as a re-
suit of a conference of New England
governors at Poland Spring. last
June and is steadily accommodating
the support of the most energetic
and ablest Representatives of our
civic and commercial life."
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Bears Reported
Numerous in Parts
OF PenObscOt County

According to reports received by
the fish and game department from
its warden at Millinocket, bears are
reported very numerous all through
the sections Of Nahmakanta Town.
Cooper Town and Farrar Town. The
warden has just returned to Milli-
nocket from a ten days trip through
that region and writes the depart
ment that he saw bear tracks on bea-
yer dams and also noted their tracks
on two different beaver houses.
One house had been torn into
by bears. In another place, where
the beaver were dragging in
their wood, appearances indicated
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MT. VERNON

Miss Cora Bradley of HalloweIl
passed the weekend at her home.
Mrs. II. l.. Raymond has been
sick the past week with a severe
cold.
Mrs. Miles Williams was In Au-
gusta. Saturday, on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Damren Of
Augusta. have been visitors of Carl
w. Jacobs and family. the past week.
Mrs. Lila Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
r. Walker and family, were in
Lewiston, Friday. on business.
Frank Ingham has been in Wtnth-
rop the guest of his sons for the past
two days.
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To Spare Rod
Spells Child

Lynchburg, Va, Oct. % (AP)-For
forty-seven years E. C. Glass has
held continuously the post as super
intendent Of schools in this city.
Fifty-four years of teaching and ad-
ministration service has been given
exclusively in Lynchburg schools.
superintendent Glass, who also
was educated as a boy in the schools
which he came to direct, believes in
the principle that ito spare the rod
spells the child" He points as evil
dence to 156 cases of corporal pun
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MADISON

All grades Of the Madison village
schools closed Wednesday noon for
the remainder of the week. and q
greater part of the teachers left
town during the afternoon for Port
land to attend the Maine State
Teachers Convention.
The funeral services Of George
Look, who died suddenly Monday aft
ernoon, will be held at his late resi-
dence on Head street at 10 o'clock
Thursday forenoon. Euclid Lodge Of
+. G. A. NJ, of which Mr.. Look was
a member, will attend the service in
a body,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29
Two Maine Highway
Police May. Attend
Mass. Police School

The Governor and Council passed
an order FTuesday permitting two
members of the State Highway po-
lice force, instead Of one member. to
attend the Massachusetts police
school. Authority for one Of the
Maine highway police to attend the
school was given at a previous coun-
Gil meeting.
The officers will bring back sug-
gestions on various phases of high
way patrol work and criminal In
vestigation, to be emphasized at the
Maine highway police school to be
held at the State House little later.
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Eton College
Many Rules

Elton. Eng, Oct. 6 (AP)-New boys
entering Eton College are confronted
with as many rules and regulations
as lessons. They find they may only
walk in certain places; they are for
hidden to go to any race course in
the neighborhood or walk on the riv-
err bank during Windsor races, and
they are forbidden to go into any
wine merchants, tobacconists . or
pawnshops. F
No hotel. public house, private
house, house-boat or launch may be
entered BY boys without the express
leave of their house tutor. All shops
are "out Of bounds" on Sundays.
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Penn. Cathedral
Visible 81 Miles

Pittsburgh. Oct. 20 (AP) - The
University of Pennsylvania 81
story Cathedral of Learning, a struc-
ture of glistening limestone $50 feet
above the Oakland district of Pitts
burgh. will be visible to the naked
eye for distance Of about 32 miles
in all directions.
The cathedral will house practical
ly all the activities of the university.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-29

SOUTH-The friends Of the late
Mrs. Sarah c.. Sherburne, whose
funeral service was held at the
Dunns Corner church on Monday,
sympathize deeply with her immed-
late family. and other friends. by
whom she will be greatly missed.
She was a woman of lovely Christian
character and had lived most use
full life.
Miss Carolyn Allen. a former Read.
field teacher. who Is now located Mt
Livermore Falls, was the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. john
son and a caller on other friends
here.
Miss Rachel Norton has returned
from a weeks stay with her aunt In
Pennington.
Mrs. Dora Johnson Of Long Island.
Portland Is visiting at the home Of
her nephew. Lewis Johnson.
A box social will be given at the
Wing schoolhouse, Friday, Oct. 80. A
short program will be given. There
will also be fish pond.
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Swimming Instr.
At 80 Years of AGE

Tacoma. Wash. Oct. % (AP)-J
+. Richards, 80. has a reputation Of
being able to teach swimming to any
one old enough to get in the water
DAD, as he is known. has been
swimming whenever he desired for
~ years. He is now instructor at
the municipal saltwater natatorium.
ne makes a speciality of teaching
best swimmers, '"0
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Racing Schooner
Makes HarbOr

San Pedro, Cal, Oct. 90 (AP)-The
136-foor racing schooner Katoura II.
three-time winner Of the Kings cup
at Cowes, England, made her way
into the harbor here. battered by
heavy seas and gales, her sails rip
ped to shreds. She was II days out
from New Yor'. on a voyage that
covered approximately 100 miles. A
tale of hard luck storms and near
starvation was told by the 20 hag-
gard members of the crew.
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ishment in his schools during tho
last season.
That the use of the rod is decfn'
Ing, however, was concluded from
the fact that although there are nov
four times as many students In nn
schools as were enrolled In lSis
when Mr.. Glass first took the once,
there were in his initial year 10y
cases of corporal punishment. W.
majority Of "whippings" were admin.
istered to negro children by nesfO
teachers.
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To Construct Two
BRIDGES at NeWrY

Authority was granted to the State
Highway Commission by the Cover
nor and Council Tuesday for the con-
struction Of two bridges in the town
of Newry in oxford county on day
labor basis. These bridges are To-
Gated on State Highway 7 and are
known as Great Brook and Wight
bridges.