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with the internment of alien enemies. The
year 1918 brought still another promotion,
that of Inspector of Police for the Province,
with headquarters at Fernie, in charge of
the Kootenay and Boundary districts. After
two years he was brought back to Vancou-

on to the handlebars of the sled. I woke
within about three minutes of freezing to
death, but those few minutes meant an awful
lot to me that day!”

With close to 40 years of an active life
in the police and prison service of the

The above picture, taken last winter, shows a Provincial constable making
his way over the frozen territory with the same nineteenth century standby
—the horse and cutter.

ver, and in 1923 he was appointed Inspector
of Police at Victoria, and in 1924 he was
made Assistant Superintendent, a post
which he held until taking over his duties
as Warden of the Oakalla Prison Farm in
June, 1929.

NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH

In a life filled with excitement, drama
and danger, Warden Owen is extremely
reluctant to discuss one subject—himself.

Queried as to his most thrilling exper-
ience, he laughed. “I guess the narrowest
escape I ever had was on a routine patrol
from Log Cabin to Atlin, about 60 miles.
Being the only constable—and young—I
offered to break trail for a party of people.
It was about 40 below at the time. I was
on. snowshoes, the others followed by dog
team. I walked about 10 miles and then
tired out, I rested awhile. Then the party
overtook me, and I waved them on. I was
left with my snowshoes and dog team, and,
believe it or not, I fell fast asleep hanging

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Province, Warden Owen has spent the last
decade in trying to better conditions for
those who have fallen from grace. Garden-
ing is one of his hobbies, and the Owen
home near the Prison farm is surrounded by
one of British Columbia’s typically beauti-
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three sons and a daughter. His eldest son,
Walter, is one of Vancouver’s leading bar-
risters and Crown Prosecutors.

WOULD DO THE SAME AGAIN

“Yes, I’ve had a pretty active life,” Mr.
Owen said, “and I guess if I lived over
again I would do the same thing.”

“However,” he added with a twinkle in
his eyes, “I would like to start over, know-
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