The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-12-31

Busy Fruit-Growers in a PRETTY
Yolo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms.

Robert A. and Neal d. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay, all of Oak.
lond' with view OF searching out a suitable
location in which 10 engage in the profitable
occupation of fruit-growing. After VISITING
many localities, they decided on the Capay
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract AZ
Tancred
Negotiations were opened with the caror
Valley Land Company. OWNING tho troot !.
question. With w. H. Mills. the cenera,
Agent OF that company, they arranged for tho
purchase of about 22O acres of foothin land
Inns being more than they had thought of
! taxing for their own use, they spoke tn a
number of friends about it, with the resu,t
That the tract was divided among the folloyv.
ing people: B. L. Rickok, 40 acres: W.T.
barnett, 20 acres; n. T. Greathead. 20 acres.
MRS. L. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay. 90
acres; n. d. Barker, 90 acres; r. A. Barker.
20 acres; j. P. Brownlee, 20 acres; E. ii. Has
lett. 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres: A. w
Kelly 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly. 10 acres.
90 iar THIS had been merely private ven-
ture OF the gentlemen above named but in
taking up the question of dividing the land
already purchased, it was found that so MANY
more would like to join it than the area of the
purchase would admit of, that it was sug.
! gested on all hands, ''Why not get some mora
| land and divide it up in the same wav9r
linen followed the idea of a stock company to
! take mold OF larger tract and arrange for the >
cultivation OF the whole of it, after subdividing
! 1t according to the requirements of the SUBJ
ecrloers A provisional board was formed. q
prospectus issued, and finally, on the 5th Of
June, 1890, the Western Cooperative Col
onization and Improvement Company was
otly registered and proceeded to business
with the following officers: President. Will
lam Mckay; Vice-President, M. P. Brown:
Directors-H. C. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
H. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager.
Neal D. Barker; Solicitor, c. E. Shook; Treas
urer, First National Bank of Oakland.
The balance of the tract, 373 acres. was pur-
chased contract was entered into for the
! purchase OF large number of fruit trees
vines, etc. This early purchase of trees was
the means of saving between $4,000 and
! $4,000 to the company, the prices in some
cases having more than doubled since then.
Inc ideas which the prospectus set forth
have been but slightly modified and the
! progress of the company has been uninter-
! rupted Those who went into it doubtingly
| nave become enthusiastic, and almost all the
members arranged to set out all their lands in
fruit trees, ETC., the first year. Consequently
in this, the first season, some 40 600 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines will be
pIanteo
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
mad the effect of attracting considerable At
tention to the work of the Colony Company.
and number of people are now DESTROYS of
! Joining in with them. An additional 900
no haaYo
originally purchased.
For the company is predicted very bright
future, as well as for the beautiful valley in
which their operations are conducted. How
this marvellous little garden has come to be so
long neglected is a puzzle to every one who
| has visited it, but one thing is very sure. and
That Is that this neglect viii never again be
felt in the valley.
The fruits set out are mostly of the standard
neutrality-suspicious., apricots, Bartlett pears
! prunes, figs, raisin grapes, etc, while along
both sides of the avenues, throughout the
! tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
A considerableinumber OF citrus trees are also
! being set out; quite a sufficient number to
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley about which the
! colontstS appear TO have no doubt provided
proper care is given to the young trees Neal
u. 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 pleasant innovation
| which might with profit be followed by more
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 1t from time to time as many
| of the beauties and curiosities OF tree and
| shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
search and wise expenditure of money. 1t
is not expected that Tancred will ever be a
| large and busy city, but it is thought that Il
can be made a very pleasant little place to
dwell in.
A petition has been circulated recently and
very largely signed, asking the county to ac-
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract as a
| county road, and to build bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, in order TO give ths
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
! Gancred Station. The Tancred colonists are
quite willing to give the necessary right OF
way, and are very DESTROYS of having a bridge
there, as 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
! proyement, as the operations of such con-
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 noney pleas
antly, every indueement should oe held forth
The following is 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 pro-,
vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The APP
parent success o the enterprise shows that
the ideas and plans of the colony as set forth
in the prospectus some time ago. are not i'm
practicable: G. 7. Hull, Berkeley, acres; W.
p. Hammon Oakland, Ia acres; @. S. Kasson,
San Francisco IL acres; Jos. Barker, / o acres;
~ w. Kelly, Kincardine Ont. 5 acres; n. L.
Greathead 5 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, 9 acres w. t. Barnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; NJ. p. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas Brook, ST., Oakland, 10 acres; w. C.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 90 acres; Mrs. T. A. Crelin,
Oakland, 5 acres; C. n. Peach, Tancred,
acres; H. G. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; j. Van
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; E. A. Vanstone,
Tancred, 5 acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
5 acres; NJ. A. Thomas, Oakland, acres
James Graham, San Francisco, II acres; a.
Stark, IL acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. NJ.
Vrooman, 5 acres; C. E. Shook, 10 acres; @.
7. Greathead. IL acres; VIM. Mckay, 5 acres;
Mrs VIM. Mckay, Oakland, 5 acres; Mrs. Z.
q. Wooiey Brooklyn, NJ Y, 10 acres Mrs. H.
Reexley. Oakland, 5 acres; T. a. Marriott,
acres. T. c. Harrison, Tancred, 3 acres. The
land reserved by the Colony Company, in.
dingclu toWnsite, consists of 81 acres.
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