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should be named after the famed author and biologist... . Illinois game 
biologists report that over-all quail population is higher this spring because 
of the mild winter. Eight check areas indicated more coveys and more 
birds per covey than last year. 
Business and financial sections of the press have been filled with stories 
or a new “soft” detergent. Many conservationists have complained of 
conventional hard detergents, which pollute water supplies. Wisconsin 
and Florida will halt the sale of hard chemical detergents next year. 
The Sunny Products Co. of Logansport, Indiana, has marketed a liquid 
detergent called “Sunny Soft” which they claim will not clog appliances, 
clog drains, or pollute streams and lakes. It is available at Walgreen, 
Sun, and Stineway drug stores for 69 cents per 32-0z. bottle. The key 
word in detergent manufacture to day is “bio-degradable.” This means 
detergent chemicals which will break down under biological action and 
disappear without a residue of long-lasting detergent foam. National Co- 
operatives of Albert Lea, Minn., also produces a bio-degradable detergent. 
The large soap firms apparently won’t be able to convert their plants 
to the new system for about 1% years. 
More wildlife is killed on highways than most people realize. Accord- 
ing to the Illinois State Conservation Department, 678 white-tailed deer 
were killed on Illinots highways in 1963. One observer, in driving 5,000 
miles last year, noted 48 pheasants, 2 owls, 117 unidentified birds, and many 
other animals killed by cars. 
Mason County has 14,306 acres of water, more than any other county 
in our state. We have 31 lakes larger than 1,000 acres, the largest being 
Crab Orchard near Carbondale, with about 7,000 acres of water. Rend 
Lake near Benton, when completed, will hold 15,000 acres, and the new 
Carlyle Lake will hold about 25,000 acres. Wisconsin has 9,000 lakes. This 
compares with 2,089 in Illinois, half of which are public property. 
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THE ANNUAL MEETING — 1964 
By Mrs. R. W. Webster 
The 67th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Audubon Society was held May 
8th, 9th, and 10th at the Holiday Inn near Joliet with the Will County 
Audubon Society as hosts. The opening program on Friday evening featured 
Bob Cary, Outdoor Editor of The Chicago Daily News, who spoke on “Clear 
Streams and Special Interests.” Two movies were shown, “The Prairie 
World of the Kit Fox” and “George Washington’s River.” 
The Saturday session began with registration and a coffee hour which 
preceded the annual business meeting. The Board of Directors held their 
May meeting at 9:30 a.m. The business meeting was called to order at 
10:30. Miss Hilda McIntosh, President of the Will County Audubon Society, 
welcomed the group in behalf of the host club. Raymond Mostek, President 
of the Illinois Audubon Society, declared that 1964 marks the first decade 
of intensive cooperation with other major conservation groups in this state. 
The cooperation began with the formation in 1954 of the Natural Resources 
Council of Illinois; without this teamwork, there would have been no 
Prairie Chicken Foundation of Illinois, no Yeatter Sanctuary. no law on 
hawk and owl protection, no effective Illinois Pesticide Control Commission, 
