The record-union., 1891-11-11
4 CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-GTowers in a PRETTY
YOlo Valley-Tancred and Tts
Adjoining Farms.

! IN THE SPRING OF LAST YESH
Robert A. and Neal D. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay. all of Oak.
iaha' with view OF searching out a suitable
location IN which 10 engage in the profitable
occupation OF fruitgrowing After visiting
many localities they decided on the Capav
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract AZ
Toncred.
Negotiations were opened with the Canav
valley Land Company, owning the tract ,n
Question. With w. H Mills the cSanAro,
agent of that company, they arranged for tba
purc'lase OF about 22o acres of foothin land
AhlS oelng more than they had thought OF
taxing for their own use they spoke to q
number OF friends about it. with the result
tnat the tract was divided among the follow.
| ing people: B. L. Rickok, 40 acres. w r
Farnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead. 20 acrss.
Mrs. L. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay. %
acres; N D. Barker, 20 acres; r. A. Barker.
20 acres; j. P. Brownlee 20 acres: E. n. Has
leIt, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres: A. w
heiy 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly. / O acres.
80 lar this had been merely a private ven.
ture OF the gentlemen above named. but in
taking up the question of dividing the land
already purchased, ii was found that so many
| more would like to join il than the area of tn.
| purchase would admit Of that II was spg.
i. gested on all hands, ''Why not get some mora
land and divide it up in the same yvav9u
Ihen followed the idea of a stock company to
take hold of a larger tract and arrange for tha
cultivation OF the whole of it, after subdividfns
/ III IN to +Ea
scribers. A provisional board was formed a
| prospectus issued, and finally, on the 5th Of
June, 1880, the Western Cooperative Col
onization and Improvement Company was
| duly registered and proceeded to business
with Inc following officers: President. VIII.
| ian Mckay; Vice-President NJ. p. Brown.
Directors-H. G. Ellis. Charles Brooke and
H. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager,
Neal D. Barker; Solicitor, C. E. Shook; Treas
uIer, First National Bank of Oakland.
Inc balance of the tract, 373 acres, was pur-
! CHASED. contract was entered into for the
! purchase OF large number Of fruit trees
vines, etc. Ihls early purchase of trees was
| the means of saving between So 600 ana
! $4,000 to the company, the prices in soma
cases having more than doubled since then.
! The ideas which the prospectus set forth
nave been but slightly modified and tho
! PANSACSS Ol tuei company mas been uninter-
! rupted. Those who went into il doubtiDulv
| have become enthusiastic, and almost all tho
! members arranged TO set out all their lands in
! nu1t trees, etc, the first year. Consequently
in this, the first season, some 40 900 trees and
| PEanreo "-4A -
The satisfactory working Of this scheme hax
! had the effect OF attracting considerable at.
| tentlon to the work of the Colony Conpanv
| and number of people are row desirous of
| joining in with them. An additional uoo
acres have been added TO the sixty acres
| originally purchased.
For the company is predicted very briqb.
! future. as well as for the beautiful valley i'm
| which their operations are conducted. HOW
! this marvellous little garden has come to be 90
! long neglected is puzzle to every one. who
| has visited it, but one thing is very sure. and
! that Is that this neglect will never again be
! felt in the valley.
The fruits set out are mostly NJ tl,a e+o,,5o,
| neutrality-suspicious., apricots, Bartlett pears.
! prunes, dgs raisin grapes, etc. while along
! ooth sides of the avenues, throughout tba
! tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
! considerable number OF citrus trees are also
being set out; quite a sufficient number tn
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley, about which the
| colon1sts appear to have no doubt provided
/ proper care is given TO the young trees Neal
! D. Barker, General Manager of the company.
resides on the tract, and to his care is to be as
| cribed much OF the success of the venture.
! Mention should be made of the town-site
! about which there is a pleasant innovation
! which might with profit be followed by mora
/ ambitious places. A small park of some three
| acres has been laid out right in the center Of
| the town. This park it is proposed to beautffy
! by planting in it from time to time as many
OF the beauties and curiosties of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
| search and wise expenditure of money re
is not expected that Tancred will ever he a.
large and busy city, but it is thought that is
can be mgde very pleasant little place to
dwell IN.
A petition has been circulated recently and
very largely signed, asking the county to ac-
eept Island avenue, on the colony tract asa
county road, and to build bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, in order to give the
settlers on the east side of the creek access tn
rancred Station. The Tancred colonists ara
quite willing to give the necessary right Of
way, and are very desirous of having bridge
there, the colony lands extend along both
sides OF the stream. 1t is thought that it
would be very wise expenditure of public
money to grant them this very necessary i'm
provement, the operations Of such COM
panies are of widespread benefit to the whole
county and State The attractions and COM
forts OF the cities are well known. but to those
who are willing TO settle on the land and show
that the country also affords attractions and
comforts and ways Of making money pleas.
antly, every inducement should be held forth.
The following is a list of the principal mem.
bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
Of acres owned by each, and a fact worthy OF
| mention is that in each contract or deed is
sued by the Colony Company there is a pros
vision that no Intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The ap.
parent success oIthe enterprise shows that
the ideas and plans of the colony, as set forth
in the prospectus some time ago, are not i'm,
practicable: C. Z. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; w.
p. Harmon, Oakland, Ia acres; G. s. Kasson,
San Francisco, IL acres; Jos. Barker, 10 acres;
A w. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont, 5 acres: N T.
Greathead, acres; r. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; r. A. Barker, San Francisco, 10
acres; n. D. Barker Tancred, 10 acres; Dr. X.
Favor, San Francisco, 27 acres; j. P. Brownlee,
Kincardine, Ont, acres; w. T. Barnett
Berkeley, acres; NJ. P. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, Sr., Oakland, 10 acres; w. G.
Bouteile Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. T. A CreIin,
Oakland, acres; G. H. Peach, Tancred 5
acres; II. c. Ellis Oakland, ! o acres; ]. Van,
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; f. A. Vanstone.
Tancred acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento.
acres; NJ. A. Thomas, Oakland 6 acres;
James Graham, San Francisco IL acres: A.
Stark, IL acres; ]. Stark, 20 acres; Mrs NJ
Vrooman, acres; @. E. Shook 10 acres. C.
T. Greathead, 12 acres; VIM. Mckay, 8 acres:
Mrs VIM. Mckay, Oakland, 3 acres; Mrs. E.
c. Wooley, Brooklyn, N. Y, 10 acres; Mrs. II.
Beckley, Oakland, 5 acres; 7. A Marriott.
acres: j. G. Harrison, Tancred. S acres The