The record-union., 1892-04-02

Busy Fruit Growers in a Pretty
YOlo Valley-Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms.

Adjoining Farms.
THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR
ROBERT A, and Neal d. Barker associated
themselves with William Mckay, all of Oak.
iahd' with view of searching out suitab,,
ooti'ioh III which to engage in the profitable
occupation OF fruit1growing. After visiting
many localities, they decided on the Canav
valley, Yolo County, and the Rhodes tract at
Tancred.
Negotiations were opened with the Canav
'ailey Land Company, owning the tract in
question. With w. II. Mills, the General
agent or that company, they arranged for the
purchase of about ego acres of foothiu land
rms being more than they had thought az
taxing for their own use, they spoke tn a
number OF friends about it, with the result
Ihat the tract was divided among the follow.
ing people B. l.. Rickok, 40 acres w. II.
burnett, 20 acres; n. T. Greathead, 90 acres:
MIS-. L. Greathead, 20 acres; W. Mckay. 20
acres; N ID. 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.
heily' 10 acres, and Frederick Kelly, O acres.
90 lar this had been merely private ven
ture of the gentlemen above named. hut 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 the
! purchase would admit OF, that it was suo.
| gested on all hands, 'Why not get some more
land and divide it up in the same wavp,
linen followed the idea of a stock company to
take hold of a larger tract and arrange for the
| cultivation of the whole of it. after subdiyidinr
IL according to the requirements of the SUBJ
Acrloers. provisional board was formed. q
prospectus issued, and finally on the 18th of
June, 1880, 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;
Dlreetors-H. @. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
II. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager.
Neal d. Barker; Solicitor G. 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 $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
| nave been but slightly modified and the
progress of the company has been uninter-
| rupted. Those who went into it doubtingiy
nave become enthusiastic, and almost all the
members arranged to set out all their lands in
frult trees, etc. the first year Consequently
In this, the first season, some &C, 900 trees and
between 10000 and 10000 vines will be
planted.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
mad the effect of attracting considerable at
| tention to the work of the Colony Company
and number of people are now DESTROYS 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
tuture, 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 one who
has visited it, 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., apricots, Bartlett pears
! prunes, figs, raisin grapes, etc, while along
poth sides of the avenues, throughout the
1 tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade
conslderableinumber 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
colonlsts 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 pleasant innovation
| which might with profit be followed by moro
ambitious places. A small park of some three
I anrp= hos hoo, Ia{I .;,-I
the town. This park 1t Is proposed to beautify
by planting in it from time to time as many
OF the beauties and curiosties OF tree and
! shrub life as may be obtained by dilfgent
search and a wise expenditure OF money It
is not expected that Tancred viii ever be n
! large and busy city, but it is thought that it
! can be made a 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 az n
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
fancred Station. The Tancred colonists arc
quite willing to give the necessary right OF
way, and are very DESTROYS OF having a bridge
there, as the colony lands extend along both
! sides OF the stream. It is thought that IL
would be very wise expenditure OF public
money TO grant them this very necessary i'm
/ proVeInenIi as the operations or such COM
/ panies are of widespread benefit to the whoIa
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 a list of the principal men,
bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
of acres owned by each, and 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 ofthe enterprise shows that
the ideas and plans of the colony as set forth
In the prospectus some time ago, are not inn
practicable: G. i. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; w.
T. Harmon, Oakland, Ia acres; G. s. Kasson,
San Francisco, IL acres; Jos. Barker, 20 acres;
/ A. w. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont. 3 acres; n. T.
Greathead, acres; r. g. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; r. A. Barker San Francisco, / o
acres; n. d. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; DR.. K.
Favor, San Francisco, q acres; J. 2. Brownlee,
Kincardine, Ont, 8 acres; w. t. Barnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; NJ. p. Brown, 10 acres;
Chas. Brook, ST., Oakland, 10 acres; w. O..
Boutelle, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. T. A. Crelin,
Oakland, 5 acres; G. II. Peach, Tancred, D
acres II. G. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; j. Van
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; u. A. Nanstone,
Tancred, 5 acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
s acres; NJ A. Thomas, Oakland, acres;
James Graham, San Francisco, II acres; A.
Stark. IL acres; J. Stark, o acres; Mrs NJ
Vroonan, 5 acres; G. E. Shook, 10 acres; C.
II. Greathead IL acres; VIM. Mckay, acres;
Mrs. VIM Mckay, Oakland, . acres; Mrs T.
C. Wooley Brooklyn, n. T., 10 acres Mrs H.
IackIey Oakland. 8 acres; Il. A Marriott