The record-union., 1891-11-12
A CAPAY COLONY.
Busy Fruit-Growers in a Pretty
Yolo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms
TN THE SPRING OF LAST vr,n

| TN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
| robert a. and Neal D. Barker associatea
themselves with William Mckay. au Of Oak.
land, With view of searching out n suftab1s
location IN which TO engage in the profitable
occupation Of fruit-growing. After visiting
many localities, they decided on the Capav
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract az
/ Tsncred.
H'eSotauonS We're opened with the Capav
alley Land Company owning the tract I'm
q1estion. With W. II. Mills. the General
agent OF that company, they arranged for tina
purchase of about 22O acres of footbiu land
Ihis being more than they had thought ~
'AAihg lof their own use, they spoke to n
number Of friends about it, with the result
That the tract was divided among the follow.
ing people: 3. L. Hickok, 40 acres: w. IT.
Farnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead. 90 acres.
Mrs L. Greathcad, 90 acres; W. Mckay On
acres; N. D. Barker, 20 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. / O acres
90 lar thls had been merely private yeno
lure OF the gentlemen above named. but in
talking up the question of dividing the land
already purchased, 1t was found that so rnanv
more would like to join it than the area of tho
purchase would admit Of that it was suo
gested on all hands, 'fWhy not get some mora
aho ana divide it up in the same way?D
linen followed the idea of a stock company to
take hold Of larger tract and arrange for the
cultivation Of the whole of it, after subdtyidipg
1t taccordlng to the requirements Of the sub-
seribers. A provisional board was formed a
prospectus issued, and finally. on the 5tb NJ
June, 1890, the Western Cooperative Col.
onization and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded 10 business.
with .ne following officers: President. Will
lem Mckay; Vice-President, NJ p. Brown:
Directors-H. G. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
r. 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 mr.
chased. A contract was entered into for tho
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 soma
/ 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 unfnter-
| rupted. Those who went into it doubtingIy
! have become enthusiastic, and almost all the
| members arranged to set out all their lands in
! irult trees, etc., the first year. Consequently
! In this, the first season, some 40. 600 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines will bo
| p1anteos
The satisfactory working OF this scheme has
had the effect of attracting considerable at
tentlon 10 the work OF the Colony Company
and number of people are now desirous of
joining in with them. An additional 200
acres have been added to the sixty acres
originally purchased.
for 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 81
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 bs
! felt in the valley.
| The fruits set out are mostly of the standard
! varieties-peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears.
! prunes, ugs, raisin grapes, ETC. while along
| both sides of the avenues, throughout the
! tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade
/ A considerable number 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
/ colonists appear to have no doubt, provided
| proper care is given to the young trees, Neal
! ID. Barker, General Manager of the company
resides on the tract, ana to his care is to be as
| cribed much of the success of the venture.
Mention should be made OF the town-sfte
| about which there is 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 beautify
! by planting in it from time to time as many
OF the beauties and curiositles of tree and
! shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
! search and q wise expenditure of money. It
| is not expected that Tancred win ever be a
large and busy city, but 1t is thought that 1t
can be made q 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 t. build bridge across
! Cache Creek at this point, in order to give the
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
| rancred Station. The Tancrcd colonists are
quite willing to give the necessary right OF
way. and are very desirous OF having q bridge
! there, as the colony lands extend along botn
| sides of the stream. It is thought that it
would be a very wise expenditure of public
| money to grant them this very necessary i'm
! provennent, as the operations of such COM
! panies are of widespread benefit to the whole
/ county and State. The attractions and com
J 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
I comforts and ways of making money pleas
Rntly, every inducement should be held forth
The following is q list OF the principal men,
bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
/ of acres owned by each, and q fact worthy OF
/ mention is that in each contract or deed is
! sued by the Colony Company there is q pro.
/ vision that Intoxicating liquor shall ever
] be manufactured or sold on the land. The APP
! parent success oI 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: c. t. Hull Berkeley, ; acres; w,
| z. Harmon, Oakland, IA acres; @. s. Kasson,
San Francisco, acres; Jos. Barker, / o acres;
1 A. w Kelly, Kincardine, Ont, 5 acres; n. T.
| Greathead, acres; L. G. Greathcad, Oakland
| 10 acres; r. A. Barker, San Francisco, %
| acres; ". D. Barker Tancred, 10 acres; DR.. X
/ Favor, San Francisco, 27 acres; j. P. Brownlee
Kincardine, Ont, 8 acres; w. T. Barnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; NJ. P. Brown, 10 acres;
/ Chas Brook, ST., Oakland, 10 acres; w. c.
| Boutetle Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. I. a. Crelin
/ Oakland, acres; G. II. Peach, Tancred, j
| acres; II. c. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; J. Van.
! stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; f. A. Vanstone,
| Tancred 5 acres; e. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
! 5 acres: NJ. 4. Thomas, Oakland, acres;
] James Graham, San Francisco, il acres; A.
/ Stark II acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs NJ,
I yroornan 5 acres; G. T.. Shook, 10 acres; @,
/ T. Creathead 12 acres; VIM. Mckay > acres;
I Mrs. VIM Mckay, Oakland, 3 acres; Mrs T.
I C. Wooley, Brooklyn, ". Y, 10 acres; Mrs. II.
BeckIey, Oakland, 5 acres; T. A. Marriott, 5
acres; j. c. Harrison, Tancred, 8 acres. The