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Ans CoMHIPS THAT NEVER DIE-No.180 Photo from the Author's Collection J.B.COMSTOCK (US 76941) Wooden schooner, 139'4" x 30'1" x 10'9", 325 g-t. Built in 1891 at Algonac by Abram Smith & Son for A.W.Comstock, of Alpena. Sold in 1899 to Charles Bradley, of Bay City, and in 1902 to J. W. Ritchie, of Bay City. On Oct. 8, 1906, while in tow of the Steamer LANGELL BOYS, while laying in the lee of the Duck Islands in Lake Huron, the wind shifted and the towline parted. COMSTOCK strand- ed and became a total loss. Ralph K. Roberts THE FATE OF THE LAKES, by James P. Barry. Published by Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Author Barry takes the stand that al- though the problems of pollution, both chemical and thermal, are serious, the Great Lakes are not necessarily doomed if we are only willing to foot the bill. He doesn't even go along with the current idea that all pollution in the past resulted from greed, pointing out that no one had any idea that certain substances, mercury, for _ example, could harm. But the bulk of his book is concerned with a sympathetic and eloquent description of the lakes, the freighters that ply them, the commercial fisheries and the recreational uses. He has illustrated the book with his own superb photographs in color and black and white that alone are worth the price of the book which is $12.95 until the first of the year when it goes to $14.95. aa