with his ambulance and driver. He followed the directions and arrived
where temper he is now located and found the river in flood. The high
water detained him for two days. So with nothing else to do, he climbed
the top of the Tempe butte, Which has an elevation of about 300 ft. As he
looked over the valley, there was not a sign of human habitation. On the
south side of the river, nothing but a wide stretch of sage brush,
creosote bushes, cactus and escape trees. The delay gave him time to think.
Here was water and level land which someday would be irrigated and the
farmers will be quite certain to grow wheat. Why not enlarge the canal so
as to make water power available to operate a flour mill at the base of
the butte. By 1872, in cooperation with those who were digging the Tempe
Canal. That objective was accomplished. In addition to building the mill.
He transferred his general merchandise store in Tucson to this new
location and established a much needed ferry across the Salt River and
therefore it was called Hayden's Ferry. Well now, Miss Hayden, your father
, uh, went down off the top of the butte and built the mill and built his
mercantile establishment. And I think you told me that one of the first
things he did was to put in an orchard. Is that right? Yes, and you had
citrus and grapes and wonderful things to eat in the middle of what was a
desert. Well, your father was the most unusual and distinguished man. We
recall that as the Arizona statesman uh, says in its feature article about
Carl Hayden, his father and your father Charles trumble. Hayden was most
influential in getting the territorial legislature to establish the
territorial normal school here in Tempe. And then your father, Miss Hayden
, if I'm not mistaken, was the first president of the normal school board
in 18 85. And we have reproduced here on page three of the Arizona
statesman. The first page of the minutes of that board meeting. Well, now
, Miss Hayden. Uh, let's go back to the childhood memories we were talking
to about a while ago. Uh, tell us more about this preaching over the
funerals for chickens and pets. Did Carl actually do that? Yes, he did.
All the little fuzzy yellow chickens have died. We buried in the OMT spool
boxes out of the store and the corner of the patio. Carl preached the
sermon that I was the Mourners. And that was at the old casa. The old
house called la casa vieja, Is that right sally? Yes, after we moved to
the ranch that became the old house and later we called it the castle.
What about carl's learning to swim in the salt river? Have you anything to
recall about that? Well, yes, he became a very good swimmer and was very
proud of the fact that the preacher's always asked him to swim out and see
if it was safe for them to do their baptizing. And I think you told me
that your brother Carl was a tremendous reader. He was indeed At the age
of 11. He had read Rick Past History of the World three Volumes. My mother
never could find him because he was always reading. I think he hit out.
Okay, well those are signs of a future senator. Indeed, Miss Sally Hayden
, I think you also told me that you would never have gotten through your
school if you hadn't been able to go to Brother Carl and ask him to help
you with your reports about the nation and the world. Is that right? Yes.
Given an assignment, I never looked it up. I always went home and asked
Carl. I think you would say where did you find that? I'd say Carl told me.
Well, Karla was also a great debater. He was a debater at the Tempe
Normal School and when he went to stanford he made the famous cornel
debate. Or Miss Hayden. Has your brother Carl ever been defeated in a
political contest? Yes, he has. He was defeated by one vote for president
of the student body at stanford. That is why he never feels that he's
elected until all the returns are in, I believe is Carl has put it so many
times. I always run scared. Well, Miss Sally Hayden, it's been a delight
to sit here and talk to you as our alumni and many other friends of
Arizona State listen to the intimate details of your life with Carl Hayden
, Who is dean of the United States Senate and an alumnus of Arizona State
in Tempe class of 1896 alumni magazine is very proud to have featured Carl
Hayden in this issue now in the mail.