The record-union., 1891-07-18
1 CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-Growets in a Pretty
Yolo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms.

TN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAH
= Robert a. and Neal y. Barker associated
themselves With William Mckay. all OF Oak
land, with view OF ofSearching out n suitable
location ia which to engage In the profitable
occupation OF fcuIt-growtng. After visiting
many localities they decided on the Capay
Valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract
st TancreG.
| Negotiations were opened with the CapRy
| Valley Land Company, owning the tract in
question. With w, II. Mills, the General
Agent of that company, they arranged for the
purchase of about ego acres of foothill land.
This being more than they had thought OF
taking for their own use, they spoke to a
number OF friends about it, with the result
that the tract was divided among the folloT-
| Ing people: B. l.. HicBok 40 acres; w T.
Barnett, 30 acres; n. T. Greathead, go acres:
| Mrs. l.. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay, 90
acres; N. d. Barker, 90 acres; r. A. Barker,
20 acres; j. p. Brownlee, 90 acres; E. II. Has
| lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A w,
Kelly, 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly, o acres.
So far this had been merely a private ven.
ture of the gentlemen above named, but in
talking up the question of dividing the land
IL Was SO many
more would like to join IT than the area of the
purchase would admit of, that it was sug,
Sested on all hands, "Why not get some more
land and divide 1t up in the same wayP"
Tnen followed the idea of a stock company to
take hold OF larger tract and arrange for tho
cultivation of the whole OF II, after subdividinc
| 1t according to the requirements of the SUBJ
| scribers. provisional board was formed. a
prospectus issued, and finally, on the 9Th OF
June, 1890, the Western Cooperative Col
onizatior and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded to business
| with the following officers: President, Wni.
| lam Mckay; Vice-President, NJ P. Brown:
Directors-H. G. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
r. a. Barker; Secretary and General Manage
Neal D. 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 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
The ideas which the prospectus set forth
have been but slightly modified and the
progress of the company has been uuinter-
| Iupleu 1uOSe VINO went lnJO IL QOuDttn0lV
| have 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 10000 treea
and between 10000 and 10000 vines will DO
planted.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the effect of attracting considerable at
tention to the work of the Colony Company.
and number of people are now desirous OF
| Joining in with them. An additional 900
| acres have been added to the sixty acres
| originally purchased.
| For the company is predicted q 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
] telt in the valley.
The fruits set out are mostly of the standard
neutrality-suspicious., apricots, Bartlett pears,
! prunes, llgs, raisin grapes, ETC., while along
| both sides of the avenues, throughout the
tract, walnuts will throw their grateful shade
| 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 tho
coionlsts appear to have no doubt, provided
proper care is given TO the young trees. Neal
! D. Barker, General Manager OF the company,
/
! ascribed much of the success OF the venture,
| Mention should be made of the togu-sito
| ABOUT which there Is a pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by moro
ambitious places. a small park OF some three
acres has been laid ont right in the center of
the town. This park 1t is proposed to beauttIy
| by planting in 1t from time to time as many
OF the beauties and curiositics of tree and
| shrub life as may oe obtained by diligent
! search and wise expenditure of money. It
| Is not expected that Tsncred will ever 90 ..
large and busy city, but it 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 Ilc-
cept Island avenue on the colony tract as a
county road, ana to build n 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 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. 1t is thought that IL
| would be a very wise expenditure of public
| money to grant them this very necessary i'm
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 are well known, but ta
those who are willing to settle on the land and
show that the country also affords attractions
and comforts and ways OF making money
pleasantly, every incucement 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 pre-
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: c. T. Hull Berkeley, 5 acres: W.
P. Hammond, Oakland, Ia acres; C. S. Kas-
son, san Francisco, i acres; JOS Barker, 10
acres; y. w. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont, acres;
N. T. Greathead, 5 acres; r. G. Grcathead,
Oakland, 10 acres; Il. A. Barker, San Fran
cisco, 10 acres; N. D. Barker, Tancred. 10
acres; DIR. X. Favor, San Francisco, 27 aeres;
j. 7. Brownlee, kincardine Ont, 9 acres; W.
1. Barnett, Berkeley, acres; NJ. P. Brown
10 acres; Chas. Brook, ST., Oakland, 10 acres;
W. c. Bortele, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. i.
A. Crellin, Oal<lhicd, 5 acres; c. II. Peach,
Tancred, 5 acres; 81. C. Ellis, Oakland, 10acre3;
j. Sanstone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; e. A. VAN
stone, Tancred, 5 acres; f. Wadsworth, sac
ramento, acres; NJ. A. Thomas, Oakland, q
acres; James Graham, San Francisco, II
acres; A. Stark, 12 acres; J. Stark, 10 acres;
Mrs. NJ. Vrooman, 5 acres; G. L. SnooS, 10
acres; G. L. Greathead, IL acres; VIM Nc
Kay, acres; Mrs. VIM. Mckay, Oakland, .
acres; Mrs. E. c. Wooley, Brooklyn, N y, 10
acres; Mrs. H. Beckley, Oakland, 3 acres; y.
~ Marriott, 8 acres; j. C. Harrison, TAncred.
6 acres. The land reserved by the Colony
Company. including townsitc, consists OF %
! acres fe15tlds-w