On This Date in Minnesota History: August 2

August 2, 1917 – Beltrami County Deputy U. S. Marshal A. H. Jester brought 13 slackers in on today’s afternoon train from Duluth and held them in the Beltrami County jail until 11 p.m. when he again herded them aboard a train to Walker. The slackers were brought from Duluth where the number of alien slackers is very high because of the large number of foreigners in the range country.

Ten of the slackers taken to the Walker jail were Austrians and the other three were Finns.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “13 Enemy Slackers In Bemidji Enroute To Jail At Walker”; Aug. 3, 1917; p. 1.

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