Arizona republican., 1912-06-28
HOT WEATHER RECORD
 WENT ID SMASH
Meteorological Observations Taken in Room 5 Western Union
 Building.

The high temperature record for the Salt River Valley was made on Wednesday, The former record which was smashed, 118 degrees, was es- tablished some four or five years ago. It is unfortunate that the new record was not reduced to figures and there fore it can only be stated in general terms that it was considerably more than 11S
 The heat was not general about the town and the valley It appeared to have been concentrated in Room No , of the Western Union building, the lair, notice the spelling of this word; it's right as it stands,) of Ned Creighton the newspaper cOrrespOn- dent and general disseminator of in formation.
 This room is an exceedingly cool one, so situated that the sun never strikes the walls. It was chosen with special reference to the coolness of the location for if it were naturally a warm room the addition of hot air which is professionally generated there would make things unpleasant for the occupants.
 MT. Creighton was at work on We'd nesday afternoon and it seemed to him that the weather was unusually warm. He had not noticed it before At length C. A Mauk entered and complained of feeling i'll. He asked permission of Mr. Creighton to lie on a couch for a little while; he thought his illness would soon pass away. Meanwhile Mr. Creighton was work ing as well as he could, what with mopping his face and hands and mak- ing observations, some of them not guarded on the state of the weather. MT Mauk also began to talk about the weather and said that he was get l ting sicker all the time. He felt a i fever coming on, he thought. Its hotter'n'ell." moaned MT Mauk , but maybe it's for the best. It's to me a course of preparation for the future | feel that I'm soon going to pass away and I know that it cant | be worse than this, wherever l go"
 MT Creighton always keeps the door and window of room No. closed for the exclusion of the warmer aii outside but he reasoned that it could 1 not be hotter anywhere than in room NO. o at lIidl lilOiiltIlls Sp llt iill tNN both the door and window open anC the air which rushed in felt to the two sufferers like a cold blast.
 The heat which Nr Creighton haC undergone had not entirely destroyed his powers of reasoning and he fig ured that since it was cooler without than within the room there must bt something abnormal in local COndi- tions His eye at that moment fell or the radiator which stood near the head of the couch on which Mir. Maui lay dying MT. Creighton touched the radiator and jerked his hand away
 with an oath and an exclamation O.
 pain
 An investigation was set on foo
 and it was brought out that the jani
 tor of the building had felt unusual! 1 strong that afternoon and had under
 taken to clean things up in the base
 ment. He filled the furnace with al
 the cOmbustible refuse and touched i
 off There was water in the bOile
 which had not been drawn off since
 the last cold spell and that wate
 turned to steam The radiator il
 room No. was the only one who's
 valve had not been closed for tn
 season and naturally all the stean
 sought that outlet