Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-08
DANGER LOSING SEAL HERD NOW
 BELIEVED PAST
SEN. c. c. DILL RETURNS SEW ARD FROM JOURNEY TO
 PRIBllOF ISLANDS.
SEALS COME IN RAPID PACE
Most Striking Thing the Senator Ever Witnessed from the Animal
 World.

Senator c. c. Dill, Democrat, of Spokane, Wash, returned to Seward .ast evening on board the coast guard cutter Haida, from trip to the Prib- llof islands and other points to the Far Westward. The trip was primar- fly made for the purpose of becoming more familiar with the seal situation, which treaty comes to an end in the all of 1926, providing one of the coun- 9iding this is done a new treaty will undoubtedly be drawn, but Senator Dill emphatically stated he did not be- ieve the herds would ever be releas- d from some form of regulation in order to protect the herd which SUD- plies to the world three-fourths of the seal fur. In the earlier days before he present treaty went into effect, 1>he herd was almost depleted by the 5ndiscrimnating and wholesale slaugh- Ter of the animals.
 The danger of losing the herd is now believed past" Senator Dill stat ad to the Gateway representative last night, providing the present arrange >aents in saring for thf herd. is con cinued. The herd should be back to ?he million mark within very few years, according to the present rate of increase and indications It is be- ieved the herd will near the S00,000 mark by the end of the season.
 "The impression gained by me was hat the herd is being properly cared Tor and is rapidly building up. There s no complaint to be made in this re- spect whatever. I visited practically all of the larger rookeries and many of the small ones, stopping for two lays on the islands. The seals are now pouring onto the islands. The bulls were already coming when we arrived there, and as we were depart ing the COWS were coming in by the thousands.
 T can now understand what any one may write or talk about, with re- spect to the seal question, for I have seen what no picture or language can describe. It was the most striking '~thing I have ever witnessed in the animal world The ten-day trip was certainly enjoyable as we'll as highly instructive.
 "All night thru, as we'll as the days, the bulls, rearing up and roaring tre- mendously, surrounded by their har- ems, made a bedlam of the night, shattering the quietness of the other wise tranquility, by their battles and barks of victory or, in whining defeat. It was the most extraordinary sight one could imagine. The seals are cer- tainly peculiar animal. They bleat like lamb, bawl like calf, bark like a dog, roar like lion and smell like boar
 The coast guard service and the Pacific Patrol, came in for the highest kind of compliment and praise from Senator Dill. He said he did not real ize just what the service was up against, especially to the Westward where not bouy or light of any kind served to safeguard the sturdy cut. ters, officers and crews. T cannot praise the Alaska coast guard serv. ice too much" the Senator declared The entire personnel of the all the cutters were lauded, including the of ficer and their able crews. AS a tes timonial of what the crews thought of Senator Dill, a rousing three cheers sounded from off the deck of the cut ter Haida, as the Senator stepped ashore in Seward last evening. The