The record-union., 1891-08-03
A CAPAY COLONY,
Busy Fruit-Growers in Pretty
Yolo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms

! THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
! hooert A and Neal d. Barker associated
! themselves with William Mckay, all of Oak.
I iahd, With view of searching out a suttabIa
location in which to engage in the nro1,tahIs
occupation of fruitgrowing After visiting
many localities, they decided on the Csnav
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes traet a.
/ Tancred
Negotiations were opened with the Canav
aIley Land Company, owning the tract g,
question. With w. II. Mills. the 9enera,
agent OF that company, they arranged for the
purchase of about 22o acres of foothiu land
Ahls oelng more than they had thought OF
takns for their own use, they spoke To n
number OF friends about 1t. with the result
that the tract was divided among the fol,ovr.
ing people: B. L. Hickok, 40 acres; w.
Harhett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead 90 acres.
Mrs L. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay. 90
| acres; N d. Barker 90 acres; r.. A. Barker.
| 20 acres; j. p. Brownlee, go acres; E. III. Has.
| lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A. w.
/ Kelly 10 acres and Frederick Kelly. l O acres.
| 90 iar thls had been merely private ven
| ture of the gentlemen above named but in
talking up the question OF dividing the land
| already purchased, 1t was found that so rnonv
more would like TO join it than the area of the
purchase would admit of that it was suz-
sesVeo on all hands, why not get some moro
land and divide it up in the same way9r
1hen followed the idea of a stock comnanvto IN
| take hold OF larger tract and arrange for tba
cultivation OF the whole of it, after subdfvidinc
| 1t according to the requirements OF the sub.
scrloers' "A provisional board was formed. n
prospectus issued, and finally, on the 5th of
June, 1890, the Western Co-operatiye Col.
onlzation and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded to business
with the following officers: President VIII
lam Mckay; Vice-President NJ p Brown:
Dlrectors-H. G. 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.
| Inc balance of the tract, 373 acres was Dur
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 5000 and
| $4,000 to the company, the prices in some
cases having more than doubled since then.
me IDEAS which the prospectus set forth
| have been but slightly modified and the
| progress or the company has been uniuter-
| rupted. Those who went into il doubtinplv
| have become enthusiastic and almost all tho
members arranged TO set out all their lands In
fruit trees, etc, the first year. Consequently
in this the first season, some 40, 600 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines will ba
| planted.
| The satisfactory working of this scheme has
| hao the effect of attracting considerable at
! tention to the work of the Colony COMPANY
| ana 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 very bright
| future, as well for the beautiful valley in
| which their operations are conducted How
| thls marvellous little garden has come to be so
| long neglected is q 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
neutrality-suspicious., apricots, Bartlett pears
prunes, figs, raisin grapes, etc., while along
both sides of the avenues, throughout the
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade
Aconsiderable.number OF citrus trees are also
being set out; quite q sufficient number To
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fulIy grown In the valley, about which tho
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 and to his care is to be as
cribed much of the success of the venture.
Mention should be made of the town-site
ABOUT Which there is n 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
hNv- lep,fsr rI,,T
OF the beauties and curiosities of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
search and n wise expenditure of money. Tt
is not expected that Tancred will ever be g.
large and busy city, but 1t is thought that It
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
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 Tancred colonists arc
quite willing to give the necessary right OF
way, and are very desirous of having a 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
money to grant them this very necessary inn
provement, the operations of such CON-
county and State. The attractions and COM
forts of the cities we'll 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 a 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 a pro.
| vision that no intoxicating liquor shall ever
! be manufactured or sold on the land. The m.
parent success o. 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.
| P. Harmon, Oakland, Ia acres; c. s. Kasson,
| San Francisco, IL acres; Jos. Barker, o acres;
| A. w. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont, acres; N It.
! Greathead, 8 acres; II. G.. Greathead, Oakland
| 10 acres; r. A. Barker, San Francisco. 10
| acres; n. ID. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; Dr. &.
| Favor, San Francisco, 27 acres: j. p. Brownlee.
| Kincardine, Ont, 9 acres; w T. Barnett,
| Berkeley, acres; NJ. p Brown, 10 acres;
| Chas. Brook, Sr., Oakland 10 acres; w. c.
! Boutelle, berkeley, 20 acres Mrs. 7. A. Crelin,
| Oakland, acres; G. H. Peach. Tancred, 8
/ acres; 81. c. Ellis Oakland, 10 acres; J. Van.
| stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres E. a. Vanstone,
Iancred, acres; e. Wadsworth, Sacramento
! acres; N. A. Thomas, Oakland, acres
| Stark, 12 acres; j. Stark, 10 acres; Mrs. NJ.
| Vrooman, . acres; @. E. Shook, 10 acres Z.
| I. Greathead, 12 acres; VIM Mckay, 8 acresi
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