The record-union., 1891-10-28
A CAPAY COLONY.
Busy Fruit-GrOwers in a Pretty
Yolo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms

IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
| honert A. and Neal n. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay. all OF oak.
'ahd, with a view of searching out a suitahl.
location IN which TO engage in the profitabIa
occupation of fruit-growing. After visiting
many localities, they decided on the Capav
valley, Nolo County, and the Rhodes tract AZ
| Tsncred
Nesotlatlons were opened with the Capav
Aiiey Land Company, owning the tract In
N1esuon. With w. II. Mills the General
agent OF that company. they arranged for the
! purchase of about 22o acres of foothiu land
Ihis being more than they had thoush. os
taxing Tor their own use, they spoke to a
number of friends about it, with the result
| tnat the tract was divided among the follows.
ing people; b. L. Ricl1ok, 40 acres; W.T..
harnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead, 90 acres:
Mrs L. Greathead, 20 acres; w. Mckay. 90
acres; n. d. Barker, 90 acres; e. A. Barker.
20 acres; j. T. Brownlee, 90 acres; Il. II Has.
lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; 4. ".
| Kelly 10 acres and Frederick Kelly. l o aeres
80 lar this had been merely private ven.
ture OF the gentlemen above named, but I'm
talking up the question of dividing the land
| ALREADY purchased, IL was found that so 1uanv
| more would like to join IL than the area OF the
! purchase would admit Of that il was sug-
gested on all hands, "Why not get some mora
land and divide it up in the same vavqD
| Then followed the idea of q stock companvt to
take hold Of larger tract and arrange for the
cultivation OF the whole OF 1t, after ubdividinp
! 1t according 10 the requirements OF the sub
A -f-gz
prospectus issued, and finally, on the 9TH of
June, 1890, the Western Cooperative Col
onization and Improvement Company was
duly registered and proceeded to business.
with nc following officers: President. VIII.
iein 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
Inc balance of the tract, 373 acres was pur.
CHASED. contract was entered into for tha
! purchase of a 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
Ihe ideas which the prospectus set forth
have been but slightly modified and the
| progress of the company has been uninter-
|
nave become enthusiastic, and almost all the
members arranged to set ont all their lands i'm
irult trees, etc., the first year. Consequently
in this, the first season, some 40, 600 trees and
between 10000 and $4,000 vines will be
pTAnted.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the effect of attracting considerable at
tention to the work of the Colony Comnanv
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 6 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 a puzzle to every ons who
has visited 1t, 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
| yarletieS-peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears
pfuneS, ngS, raisin grapes, etc, while along
both sides of the avenues throughout the
tract Walnuts Will throw their graceful shade
considerable number of citrus trees are also
being set out; quite q sufficient number tn
| 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
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 town-site
about which there is q pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed bv 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 tinneas many
of the beauties and curiosities of tree and
! shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
search and wise expenditure of money. 1t
/ ic or tod hot U.o,,
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 ao-
cept Island avenue, on the colony tract as a
county road, and to build a bridge across
| Cache Creek at this point, in order to give tina
settlers on the east side of the creek access to
| Iancred Station The Tancred colonists are
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 very wise expenditure OF public
! money to grant them this very necessary irn-
| provement, the operations of such COM
panies 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
antly, every inducement should be held forth.
The following is a list of the principal rnem-
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 APP
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 inns
practicable: c. T. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; w.
| p. HamInon, Oakland, Id acres; @. S. Hasson,
| San Francisco, IL acres; Jos. Barker, o acres;
A w. Kelly, Kincardine Ont, 5 acres; n, t.
| Greathead, 8 acres; r. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres: r. y. Barker, san Francisco, 10
| acres: N, d. Barker, Tancrcd, 10 acres; DR.. X.
! Favor San Francisco, 2 = acres; j. p. Brownlee.
| Kineardine, ont, 8 acres; w. r. Barnett,
| Berkeley, 5 acres; NJ p. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas Brook, Sr., Oakland, 10 acres; w. C.
| Boutelle Berkeley, 20 acres Mrs. T. A. Crelin,
| Oakland 5 acres; G. 81. Peach, Tancred
| acres: II. G. Ellis, Oakland 10 acres; j. Vans
| stone Winnipeg, 10 acres Il. a. Vanstone.
Tancred 5 acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
: acres: NJ. A. Thomas, Oakland, 6 acres;
| James Graham, San Francisco, II acres; A.
stark. l2 acres; j. Stark, o acres; Mrs. NJ.
Vroonan 5 acres; G. E. Shook, 10 acres; @.
II. Greathead, / acres; Win Mckay. . acres;
Mrs. VIM Mckay. Oakland, 8 acres; Mrs. e.
q Wooley Brooklyn, y. Y, 10 acres; Mrs II.
Reckley Oakland, s acres; T. A. Marriott 3
acres: J. c. Harrison, Tancred, 5 acres. Tho
land reserved by the Colony Company. aas
dingclu townsite, consists of 81 acres
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