The record-union., 1891-11-27
A CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-Growers in a Pretty
YOlO Valley -Tancred and It's
Adjoining Farms.

THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
Nooeft a. and Neal d. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay, all of Oak.
laio' With view Of searching out suitable
location In which to engage in the pro6tab,s
occupation of fruit-growing. After visitiny
many localities, they decided on the Cano1
Valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes traot :.
Tancred
Negotiations were opened with the C,ansv
Faliey Land Company, owning the tract IN
question With w. II. Mills. the Genara,
agent OF that company. they arranged for tn,
purchase of about 22o acres of foothir land
Ihls being more than they had thought Of
taxing for their own use, they smoke IN
number of friends about it. with the rosr,.
that the tract. was divided among the follow,
ing people: B. L. Rickok, 40 acres: W.T.
barnett, 20 acres; n. T. Greathead. 90 acres.
Mrs. L. Greathead, 90 acres; w. Mckay On
acres N d. Barker, 20 acres; r. A. Barker
~ acres; j. P. Brownlee, 20 acres; E. II. Has.
iet'' 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres: A. w
helly' 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly. / O acres
so lar this had been merely a private ven.
lure OF the gentlemen above named. but in
talking 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 wav9,
1hen followed the idea of a stock conpanvto To
| Iake hoId OF q larger tract and arrange for the
euI"Vatlon OF the whole of it, after subdividiug
IL according to the requirements of the sub-
scrloers. A provisional board was formed. a
prospectus issued, and finally, on the 9Th of
june 1890, the Western Cooperative Col
onlzation and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded to business
with the following officers: President. Will
| lam Mckay; Vice-President, NJ. P. Brown.
Dlrectors-H. @. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
II. a. Barker; Secretary and General Manager.
Neal d. Barker; Solicitor, C. E. Shook: Treas
urer, First National Bank of Oakland.
Ihe balance of the tract, 373 acres. was pur-
| chased "A contract was entered into for the
! purchase OF a large number Of fruit trees
| vines, etc. This early purchase of trees was
| the means of saving between So, 900 and
| S4,ooo TO the company, the prices in soma
cases having more than doubled since then.
Ihe 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 doubtingIy
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 4O, 900 trees and
| between 10000 and 10000 vines will be
pianIed.
Inc satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the effect of attracting considerable at
tention to the work of the Colony Companv
ana number of people are now desrous of
! Joining in with them. An additional 200
| acres h2ve been added to the sixty acres
! originally purchased.
| fof the company is predicted a 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 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
varleties-peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears.
| prunes, ngs, raisin grapes, etc. while along
! both sides of the avenues, throughout the
! tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade
! A Observation-Disclosures of citrus trees are also
| being set out; quite a sufficient number to
| demonstrate that these fruits can be success
tully grown in the valley, about which the
| colonlsts 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
/ crlbed 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 mo-.
ambitious places. small park ofsome three
acres has been laid out right in the center of
| the town. This park it is proposed to beautifv
| 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 a wise expenditure Of money. II
| is not expected that Tancred will ever be a
| large and busy city, but it is thought that IL
| can be made very pleasant little place to
| dwell in
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
| Tancred Station. The 1ancred coIonists are
! quite willing to give the necessary right of
way, and are very desrous of having q bridge
| there, as the colony lands extend along both
| sides of the stream. 1t is thought that it
would be a very wise expenditure OF public
| provement, as the operations of such COM
panies are of widespread benefit 10 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 ana
! 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 fact worthy of
mention is that in each contract or deed is
| sued by the Colony Company there is q pro-
| vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
| be manufactured or sold on the land. The APP
| 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 inn
| practicable: c. T. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; ".
| P. Hammon, Oakland, Ia acres; C. S. Kasson,
! San Francisco, 1 acres; Jos. Barker, / acres;
| A. w Kelly, Kincardine, Ont. acres; N. T.
| Greathead, 5 acres; r.. G. Greathead Oakland
| 10 acres; Il. A. Barker, San Francisco, 10
| acres; N. d. Barker. Tancred IL acres; DR.. K.
| Favor, San Francisco, q acres; j. p. BrownIee,
| Kincardine, Ont, acres; w. 7. Barnett,
| Berkeley, 5 acres; M. P. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, Sr., Oakland, 10 acres; w. C.
/ Boutelle, Berkeley 20 acres; Mrs. Il. A. Crelin,
! Oakland, 5 acres; G. III. Peach, Tancred, 3
acres; II. c. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; j. Van
| stone Winnipeg, 10 acres; L. A. Vanstone,
| Tancred, acres; f. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
/ acres; NJ. A. Thomas, Oakland, 6 acres;
| James Graham, San Francisco, IL acres; A.
Stark, 12 acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. NJ.
Vrooman, 5 acres; c. e. Shook, 10 acres; C.
| t. Greathead II acres; VIM. Mckay 5 acres;
Mrs. VIM Mckay, Oakland, 5 acres; Mrs e.
/ r, woolav RrookIyD. N Y. 10 acres. Mrs II