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ents came from Ireland and settled in Simcoe county, Ont. Father came west in 1885, to Regina ; moved to Moosomin, N.W.T. Father, Dr. Keown, still practises in that town. Major Keown was articled in law to E. R. Wylie, Esq. (now Judge Wylie, of the Judicial District of Estevan). Called to the bar 1914. Joined the C.E.F., April, 1915; lieutenant 16th Saskatchewan Light Horse; overseas, transferred to 48th Battalion, winning his captaincy in the field (Ypres); Somme (company commander),. Vimy Ridge.. Returned to Canada, Regina. Camp field office: British War Mission, Chicago, under Lord Northcliffe. Consolidation of all War Missions. Overseas, England;. Salisbury, draft conducting officer. Canada; demobilized Oct., 1918. Practised at Regina with Allan, Gordon & Gordon, afterwards Gordon, Gordon, Keown & Collins. Member of Saskatchewan bar. Member Assiniboia Club (Regina) Melfort Golf Club. Solicitor for the Union Bank of Canada, Bank of Hamilton (Ridgedale). Mason. Methodist. Conservative. Address, Melfort.

 

JOHNSON: Walter Palmer, Chief of Police, Moose Jaw. Born at Honeywell, Prince Edward county, Ont., 1865 a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Henry Johnson. Married Phoebe Jane Williamston Dec. 28th, 1887. Educated at county schools of Prince Edward county. Comes of Bay of Quinte Loyalist stock; Dutch and Irish extraction. Came west to Winnipeg in 1883, returned east and was again in the West m 1890; employed by Rubley, Riddle & Riddle Mfg. Co.. Entered service of police at Rat Portage; 1897. (This was the boom period of that town and it was. a typical western mining community.) Acting Chief here and resigned June, 1905, when he was appointed Chief of Moose Jaw; sworn in and has held the position continuously ever since, where his kindness and high sense of justice have won for him a host of friends as his long tenure of office testifies. Member of the Chief Constables Assn. of Canada. A member of the Masonic

 

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