HISTORY MOMENTS The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history: The Owyhee Daily Avalanche became the first daily newspaper in Idaho when Volume 1, No. 1 was published on Saturday, October 17, 1874. Presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt was shot on October 14, 1912, while making a campaign stop in Milwaukee. The Detroit Free Press reported: "A desperate attempt to kill Col. Theodore Roosevelt tonight failed when a 32 caliber bullet aimed directly at the heart of the former president and fired at short range by the crazed assailant, spent part of its force in a bundle of manuscript containing the address which Col. Roosevelt was to deliver tonight.....Col. Roosevelt delivered part of his scheduled address with the bullet in his body, his blood staining his white vest as he spoke to a huge throng at the auditorium. Later, he collapsed, weakened by the wound, and was rushed to Emergency hospital. John Schrank admitted to the shooting and said that 'any man looking for a third term ought to be shot'." The first issue of National Geographic magazine was published on October 17, 1888. An advertisement appearing in the Lewiston Teller stated: "University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. This institution will open for the reception of students on Wednesday, October 12, 1892, and will be second to none in the Northwest in educational facilities. The curriculum will embrace thorough courses in agriculture and the mechanic arts. Tuition free to all students resident one year in the state." Benjamin M. Durell, one of five initial investors who organized the First National Bank of Idaho in 1866, died in Frenchtown, Montana, of pneumonia while 0on his way to the Coeur d'Alene Mines on October 18, 1883.