Owing to the crowded condition, the Board was authorized to purchase the Catholic church which is being fitted up to accommodate two grades. Two very good rooms are arranged for. it is thought best that a first and second grade be placed therein. All parents having pupils to enter either the first or second grades and living south of Fourth street will kindly send their children to that building. We hope that all others may be accommodated in the Central Building. Other arrangements may be made later. A. P. Ritchie (Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Sept 7, 1905)