Temporary Repairs Fail to Solve Maior Problems MUlrac* history since the war has been one of gradual rietertoi «tt«»n; Hint temporary repairs and maintenance applied to damaged sections have fulled to solve the problems of low level, slow flow and unsanitary water. The pres ent mlllraee committee, begin ning with an engineering study, Is looking for an anawer to these situations. The biggest example of where temporary repairs have not an swered the problem Is the Intake dam. at the mouth of the Mill race Originally this structure stretched all the way across the river to the north bank. Floods and high water caused the north end to wash out, however, and erosion was quick to take hold. City officials, seeing the problem, attempted to correct it by dump mg gravel out into the river above the dam to divert the wa tel to the rnilirace outlet. This served the opposite purpose. however, arnl instead caused the water to rush around the north end of the darn even more. By referring to the aerial photo on the following page, the reader can see that the river hiiH waahed almoat three acres of city land down the river, despite the gravel Jetty which extends into the river. Another trouble spot lies on the south bunk of the Willamette, \ just below the flam, or on the ; north bank of the millraee canal ! wall. High water in the 1940's caused a portion of the wall 75 feet long to topple into the liver. The canal on both sides of the break was dammed up and a pipe buried to connect the two sides; New York Alums Ask 'What to Do?' (Following Is a copy of a in ter received by the Kilgeue city manager April 18, I Woo. It was read before the coun cil on April 25, and then re ferred to the city’s Mlllraee committee. The signers of the letter are sonic oi Oregon’s outstanding alumni, several from the class of 1923, one of the University's most promi nent classes.) In Days of Yore OXC h l S’ON A TI.MK, then* was milch canoeing on the Millracc. \ll I he Millracc houses had itume type of hoat. and an afternoon «ruiie wu "just the thing” for a hot spring afternoon. There ar« sttn plenty of ‘Shady place* by the <dd .Millracc," but a lack at canoe* kept student* off the water. By fall term however, tin Student I'ttion plan* to cxpann it* recreation program to the Mlllrace area with u boathouse mid canoe rentals. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Common Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon Gentlemen: From time to time some word reached us former students of the University of Oregon resid ing on the East. Coast, of pro posals to restore the Mill Race to something like its original form, or perhaps, through fore sighted plans, to make it even more attractive as a small wa terway of recreation and beauty. Wishing that we might be of some use in whatever is under taken or done, we are sending this letter indicating our desire, and also as evidence of our ap preciation for the efforts you are making to help work the problem out with the University. All of us here remember the beautiful old stream. The Univer sity of Oregon Club in New York includes former students as far as sixty years back, from about 1891 to 1954. Our oldest member is Edward (“Ted") P. Shattuck who was in the University in 1893 and will be remembered by old timers as a famous football player. He is a very successful and still active lawyer in New York City. Several members of the class of 1954 have found their way to New York and we have a sprinkling of students all along the years. We have constituted the Execu tive Committee of the Oregon Club a special committee to do what we can to help make the Old Mill Race a beautiful fea ture of the landscape and a source of pleasure and pride to the students of the University and the people of Eugene. We will appreciate any report of pi ogress from the" City Coun cil and any suggestions of ways in which we can encourage or help in the restoration of the old stream so dear to us. Yours very truly, •John M. MacGregor, ’23 Philip Bcrgh, *27 C. M. Calloway, '23 L. A. Culbertson. ’23 Laura H. V. Keunon, ’ll Allen Eaton, 1902. First Fete in 14 Years THIS FLOAT, IHJiLT by Tan Kappa Epsilon, I*hl Gamma Delta, Carson hall anil Alpha XI Delta took first plaee honors in the 1855 Canoe Fete, the first since 1941. Many returning alums and townspeople, remembering the fetes of previous years, ranked this as one of the best ever. One of the problems facing the Canoe Fete committee was a means of propelling the floats. They coukl not have swimmers push them because the health department labelled the water unsani tary and prohibited swimming in it. A sanitary flow Is one of the aims of the present millrace commttee, which is planning an engineering study this summer. but even now this pipe is starting to leak. Water that does get into the Millrace, and flows through the entire distance hits a bottleneck at the lower outlet. When the superhighway was built, the highway crews installed only a j 30 inch pipe to carry water the 1 remaining 2000 feet to the river, j The cost to replace this pipe with*a larger size is almost pro hibitive, and the committee is looking for another outlet. CNCO Why do more college men and women smoke VICEROYS than any other filter cigarette? BECAUSE ONLY VICEROY GIVES YOU A PURE, NON-MINERAL, NON-TOXIC FILTER WITH 20,000 FILTER TRAPS IN EVERY FILTER TIP! IYes, only Viceroy has this filter composed of 20,000 • tiny filter traps. 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