The record-union., 1891-08-10
A CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-GrOwers in a Pretty
YolO VaIley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms
TN THE SPRING OF LAST YEA,

robert a. and Neal u. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay, ali OF Oak
iithd, with "a view of searching out a suitahIa
location IN which to engage in the profitahla
| occupation of fruit-growing. After visItfnr
many localities, they decided on the Capav
Valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract az
Tancred
negotiations were opened with tho Capay
valley Land Company, owning the tract IN
question. With w. H. Mills, the General
| Agent of that company, they arranged for thu
! purchase of about geo acres OF foothtn land
| If.2 being more than they had thought OF
taking for their own use, they spoke TO q
number of friends about it, with the result
that the tract was divided among the follow
ing people: B. L. Rickok, 40 acres; VT
| Barnett, 20 acres; n. It. Greathead. 90 acres.
Mrs. L. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay. 90
| acres; N. d. Barker, 90 acres: r. A. Rariser
20 acres; j. P. Brownlee, 20 acres: E. II. Has.
ieVt' 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A w.
Kelly 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly, 10 acres,
| SO far this had been merely private ven-
! ture 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 tho
| purchase would admit of, that it was suc-
! geSted on all hands, ''Why not get some mora
land and divide it up in the same wavqy
| Then followed the idea of u stock COMPANY to
! take hold Of larger tract and ARRANGE for tho
cultivation of the whole of it, after subdivfdipc,
it according to the requirements of the sub.
scribers. 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
duly registered and proceeded to business.
with the following officers: President, Will
lam Mckay; Vice-President, NJ 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 s., 900 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 uninter-
| rupJed. Those who went into it doubtngly
have become enthusiastic, and almost all tho
members arranged TO set out all their lands in
! fruit trees, etc, the first year. Consequent
in this, the first season, some 40. 600 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines VIII be
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 desrous OF
Joining in with them. An additional 200
acres have been added to the sixty acres
originally purchased.
For the company is predicted n 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 q puzzle TO every ona who
has visited il, 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., aprlcots, Bartlett pears,
| prunes figs, raistn grapes, etc. while along
| Goth sides of the avenues throughout the
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade
! Observation-Disclosures o: citrus trees are also
being set out; quite n sufficient number to
| demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fGlly 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 towa-site
about which there is 6 pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by moro
ambitious places. A small park of some thrCo
acres has been laid out right IL the center of
the town. This park it is proposed TO benutify
by planting i'll 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 Il wise expenditure of money. 1t
is not expected that Tancred will ever be D
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 ac-
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract
county road and to build bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, in order to give the
settlers on the cast side of the creek access to
Tancred Station. The TGnCred colonistS aro
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 1t
would be a very wise expenditure OF public
money to grant them this very necessary inn
provement, as The operations OF sach COM
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 money pleas
antly, every inducement should be held forth.
The following is n list of the principal MEN,
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 otthe 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, 3 acres; W.
p Hammon Oakland, IA acres; @. $. Kasson,
San Francisco, II acres; Jos. Barker 10 acres;
A W. Kelly, hincardine, Ont, acres; N. L.
CIrcathcad 5 acres; Il. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; r. y. Barker, San Francisco, 10
, acres; n. d. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; DR.. X.
Favor, San Francisco, 27 acres; J. p. Brownlee.
Kincardine, Ont, acres; w. T. Barnett
Berkeley, acres; M. P. Brown, 10 acres;
ChaS. Brook ST., Oakland, 10 RcreS W. I.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 90 acres; Mrs. T. A. Crelln,
Oakland. 5 acres; G. H. Peach. Tancred,
! acres; II. Q. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; j. Vans
! stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; E. A. Vanstone'
Tancred, 5 acres e. Wadsworth, Sacramento
a 5 acres; N. A. Thomas, Oakland, acres
! James Graham, SaE Francisco, IL acres; a.
Stark, 12 acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. NJ
s Vrooman, 5 acres; O. E. Shook, 10 acres O'
d r. Greathead, 12 acres; VIM. Mckay, acres'
. Mrs. VIM. Mckay, Oakland, 8 acres; MIS-. E'
c. Woolcy, Brooklyn, n. y, 10 acres; Mrs- Ii.
! Beckley, Oakland, 8 acres; T. A. Marrlett, .
acres ]. c. Harrison, Tancred, acres. 1ha
land reserved by the Colony Company, An'
} dingclu townsite consists of 6i acres-
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