The record-union., 1891-10-16
A CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-Growers in a Pretty
YOlo Valley-Tancred and Tts
Adjoining Farms

! The SPRING OF LAST YFAH
| Robert A. and Neal d. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay. all or cas,
| iSna, with view of searching out a spitahls
location In which to engage in the profitable
occupation of fruit-growihg. After visit,n,
many localities, they decided on the C,anav
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract as
| Tancred.
! Negotiations were opened with the Cs,a1
valley Land Company, owning the tract in
q1estion. With w. III. Mills the C4o,,ora,
agent of that company, they arranged for tho
purchase or about ego acres of foothin land
Iris being more than they had thought os
taxing for their own use, they spoke 10 n
number of friends about It, with the resuIt
That the tract was divided among the ro,Iow.
Ing people: p. L. Hickok, 40 acres: VT
farnett, 20 acres: N. T. Greathead. 90 acres.
Mrs H. Greathead, 90 acres; ". Mckay 90
acres; N. d. Barker, 20 acres; r. A garxer
| 20 Scres} j. L. Brownlee, 20 acres; E. II. Has.
lett' 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A, W.
Kelly 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly. % acres.
| 30 far this had been merely a privste Won.
! t1re of the gentlemen above named bt,t I'm
taking up the question OF dividing the land
I
more would like TO join 1t than the area of tba
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 wayqp
Ihen followed the idea of a stock companv tn
take hold of larger tract and arrange for tna
cultivation OF the whole of II, after subdfvidin1
II according 70 the requirements Of the sub.
scribers. A provisional board was formed a
prospectus issued, and finally on the 5th Of
june 1890, the Western Cooperative Col.
onization and Improvement Company was
drly registered and proceeded to business.
with the following officers: President VIII.
iam Mckay; Vice-President, M. p. Brown.
Dlrectors-H. c. Ellis. Charles Brooke and
r. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager.
Neal ID. Barker; Solicitor; c. E. Shook: Treas.
urer, First National Bank of Oakland.
The balance of the tract, 373 acres was pur.
chased. A contract was entered into for ~.
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.
The ideas which the prospectus set forth
have been but slightly modified and the
progress of the company has been uniuter.
rupted. Those who went into IL doubtinaly
nave become enthusiastic and almost all tha
members arranged to set out all their lands in
fruit trees, ETC., the first year. Consequently
IN this, the first season, some 40, 900 trees and
p1RnIed.
The satisfactory working OF this scheme has
mad the effect of attracting considerable at
tentlon to the work of the Colony Company
and number of people are now desrous of
Joining in with them. An additional goo
acres have been added to the sixty acres
originally purchased.
For the company is predicted very bright
tuture, as well as for the beautiful valley in
which their operations are conducted How
this marvellous little garden has come TO he no
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 of the standard
vaf1etfes-peaches, apricots, Bartlett t,ears
prunes, figs, raisin grapes, etc. while along
both sides OF the avenues. throughout tha
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
A AconsiderableLnumber of citrus trees are also
being set out; quite sufficient number to
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley about which The
colonists 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-eite.
about which there is pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed bv mora
ambitious places. Il small park of some three
acres has been laid out right in the center OF
the town. This park it is proposed to beautffv
by planting in it from time to time as 1,auv
of the beauties and ouFiosities of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diIigent
search and O wise expenditure of money. It
nX Rfnd hot To ,-SIl
large and busy city, but 1t Is thought that it
can be made 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 the
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
Fancred Station. The Tancred colonists are
quite willing to give the necessary right OF
way, and are very desirous of having bridge
there, as the colony lands extend along both
sides of the stream. 10 is thought that 1t
would be very wise expenditure OF public
money to grant them this very necessary Inn
provement, as the operations OF such COM
panies are OF widespread benefit to the whole
county and State. The attractions and COM
forts of the cities arc well known, but to those
who are willihg to settle on the land and SHOW
that the country also affords attractions and
antly, every inducernent should be held forth.
The following is a list of the principal men,
bers of the Tanered 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 pro.
vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. The ap-
parent success OF 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. T. Hull, Berkeley, acres; w.
P. Hammon Oakland, IA acres; O. S. Kasson,
San Francisco; Il acres; JOS Barker; I % acres;
A. w. Kelly; Kincardine, Ont, 5 acres; N. T.
Greathead, 5 acres; r: G.. Greathead Oakland
10 acres; r. A. Barker, San Francisco, 10
acres; n. D. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; DR.. K
Favor, San Francisco. 27 acres; ]. P. Brownlee.
Kineardine, Ont, 8 acres; w. T. Barnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; NJ. p. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, ST., Oakland, 10 acres; w. @.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. 7. A. CFelin,
Oakland, 5 acres; G. H. Peach, Tancred
acres; III. C. Ellis Oakland, 10 acres; ]. Van.
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; E. A. Vanstone,
Tancred, 5 acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
8 acres; NJ. A. Thomas; Oakland, acres;
James Graham, San Francisco, II acres; A.
stark, l2 acres; J. Stark, o acres; Mrs. M.
vrooman, acres; G. E. Shook, 10 acres; G.
T. Greathead IL acres; VIM. Mckay, S acres;
Mrs. VIM Mckay, Oakland, 5 acres; Mrs. E.
c. Wooley, Brooklyn, n. Y, 10 acres; Mrs. II.
Beckley, Oakland, 5 acres; T. A. Marriott, 5
acres; j. @. Harrison, Tancred, 5 acres. The
land reserved by the Colony Company, in.
dineclu townsite, consists OF 81 acres.
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