Newspaper Page Text
AUGUST WEATHER.
Lieutenant Finley Explains Its Pecul
iarities.
The Month Was Distinguished for
High Temperatures, Local Storms
and Unusual liuniidity.
In his monthly report for August Lieu
tenant John P. Finley, Government
Officer in charge of the Pacific division of
tho Weather Bureau, says the month has
emphasized the abnormal conditions of
July, except perhaps as to rainfall in cer
tain localities. Like July, August is dis
tinguished for high temperatures, local
storms, high winds and excessive hu
midity. The local rains have been
heavier and the local storms more severe.
There has been more warm waves, more
continued high temperatures and more
injury to plant growth. The tenters of
all cyclonic disturbances have moved
eastward north of Washington. Tho area
of high barometric pressure have been
especially marked for their extent and
Intensity. The warm waves in Oregon
and Washington have been particularly
•evere and long continued They were
marked by high humidify, which in
creased the sultriness of the atmosphere
and the discomfort of the high tempera
tores.
The excess of rainfall and humidity in
Oregon and Washington has been benefi
cial to Ctops. The rains which have
fallen in California, Nevada and Arizona
have been destructive in mountain dis
tricts. The excessive dryness of the air
attending the hot waves in these stales
has been detrimental to crops in some
places.
KAI.M'AI.!..
There has been an excess of pre
cipitation in all districts north of the
fortieth parallel, ami a deficiency over
the entire region south of that latitude.
The excess is most marked in Northern
Nevada and Western Washington, and
ranges from 0.05 inches at Rodßluft'to
O.T.i inches at Olympia. The deficiency
in most marked in Southern California
and Arizona, and ranges from 0.08 inches
at Los Angeles to 0.45 at Vuma.
Rain fell on ~1 days in California,
mostly in mountain districts; on 22 days
in Nevada: on -t> days in Arizona; on !2
days in < >ivg<>n; on 13 d:i\s;n Washing
ton. Although California, N
Arizona report rainfall on a large Dumber
of days tho precipitation has not been ex
oessivewhen compared with them
Tho monthly records have been very
small except in some few cases. The
-' rainfalls in 24 hours are as fol
lows: Tatoosh Island. lTtii, 1.90 inch' s:
The Needles. 28th, 1.70, and 11th, 1.50;
Belleville, Nov., L 00; Independence, • )al.,
]7th, 1.00; Olympia, 6th, 0.76; Mesa
Grande, Cal., lhth, ;>.su.
LOCAL, STORMS.
Thunderstorms occurred during the
month as follows: Salem, Or., sth; S|m>
kane, Wash., 6th; Monmoutb, Or., 6th;
Keeler, 10th; San Bernardino, llth: High-
Jands, Cal., llth; Warm Creek, Cal., llth;
Campo, CaL, 12th; Hawthorne, Nov.,
14th; near San Diego, 1:1 th; Florence,
Ariz.. 14th and 15th; Flagstaff, Ariz, Loth
and 16th; near Kedlands, LJth, Lsth and
16th; Prescott, Ariz., 18th ana 21st: Bar
stow, CaL, 28th; Torris, Cal., 17th; Tem< -
oula, Cal., r.uh. Destruction to animal
life and property attended nearly all of
these storms.
occurred at Santa Cruz, Ariz.,
] Ith: Florence. Ariz., 14th and Lsth: San
Bernardino and Redlands, llth, 14th to
16th; Campo, Colton and The Needles,
Kith anil 17th. Much damage to property
by high waters. Hailstorms at Sp
wash., 6th; near Flagstaff, Ariz., loth.
Winds of twenty-fi\ c mil
curred on eight days at Winnemucca,
three days a" San trancisco,
Kuroka, lour days at Ulna, two days at
Keoler, two days at Fori Canby.
TEMPERATURE.
It has been decidedly aboi c the normal
iv all districts. The excess ranges from
.>' r Eureka to 8 at Sacramento, 7° at
Portland, In at Los Angeles, and 10° at
Walla Walla. It will ]><• observed that the
abnormal heat has been well distributed
over the Pacific Coast States. Th
formity is unusual, and discloses the pre
vailing influence of the area of hi.:h
barometric pressure. Temp< rat urea of 100*
and over occurred on thirty-one days in
California, on thirty-one daya in Arizona,
on 11 days in Oregon, on twelve days in
Washington.
The highest temperatures are reported
as follows: The Needles, 116 ,23d,aud 116°
25th; Red Bluff, 114 .L'-Jd: Fresno,ll2 ,22d;
Isburg, 112°,22 d; Roseburg, It' , U2d;
Walla Walla, 100°, 23d. The lowest tem
perature, ;i' . occurred at Winnemucca
on tho 6th; Trm.-kee, 32°, 7th; Boca
7th.
Frosts occurred on the 6th and 7th at
various places in Western Nevada. < >wing
to high temperatures and ex. essive dry"
ness grass and forest fires h:'.\ c been very
destructive In Northern California.
BTATEM i:\lNK.\ll. AND n
TUBES FOB AUGUST, 1891.
ic vim \i i.. Temp.
2f • v. ■-*> ..
Btations. £,? §H ?c o< "
-2 1.2 rr
Spokane ' 0.70 1.72 0.43 70 64
Olyinpla 64 60
Port i anby
Walla
Portland ' i .
■ Ity
Row 'mrg i 0.40 1.
Eureka
Winnemucca OJ>l 0.
Red Muff
Hacramento. Tr •• • r.
Han Francisco 0.02 0.12
• 0.00 0.00
Los Angeles I 0.00 1 i
Han DlegO
Statiobs.
POLICE COURT.
The Three Chinese Highbinders Hold
for Examination.
Henry Farreil vu arrainged in the
Police Court on Saturday onacbai
petit larceny, in stealing a small s.m, «>r
. from another boy. Eta pleaded
not guilty, and demanded n jury trial.
The case was get For the 22d inst., and a
venire for twenty-four jurors lssu<
Pong Ah Hini, Pon Ah Leung and
\b M> \. thn c Chinamen cl
with robbing a Chinese woman of some
jewelry, I-:"' their examination set for
the 10th instant. J'>;iil was ii\
in < acb case.
In t! : Clark, the newsboy
who was convicted of battery, the court
j^iv the defendant a severe lecture and
suspended judgment indefinit
William Henderson, the man who at
tempted to smuggle opium to api
in tin- City Jail, was discharged. The
i.. \ \•:• rnej stated ;bat d find
tion in the statutes under which he
could prosecute him.
The batt ry cases of T. .'. Bou&n and
William Sweenej were dismissed on the
lit Of til
r Hernandez, charged wit.'.
turbing the peaee 1 was ordered to appear
to-morrow f< r trial.
New Incorporations.
The following articles of Incorporation
were filed in the Se rotary of siat^'s
office SaUn
Valley Mining Company of San
Bernardino. <"a;>;t.d stock, |l,i
Directors Louis Deck, John 1.. Lusby,
Henrj ■■ dsell, l£rnest NVaghorn and
gar.
[landlords' Protective and Mercantile
Agency ofSan Francisco.
J5,0U0. Directors J.2S. Jackson, William
Oggton, 11. C. Boyd, i>. M. Gadigan and
A..». Bnmner.
County Land and Im
-1,,-..■. .in •.: < Company, < mpital
no^,OOO. Directors—X. N. McDonald,
|| n. M. FT. Moi-ri-
SACRAMENTO DAILY KECOKP-Uyipy, MONDAY, SEPTE^rr>ET^ 7. 1801.—SIX PAGES.
Luckel, 11. W. Ktoll, George N. Dewey
and I. R. Dunkelberger.
William Niles *V Co. Capital stock,
950,000. Directors— William Niles, N. S.
Niles, 11. J. Niles, M. L. Starr and B. W.
Diehl.
AMUSEMENTS.
To-night at the Metropolitan Theater
KateCastleton will appear in the farco
comedy and musical extravaganza "The
Daimler." The company supporting her
i.s said to be strong and very attractive.
The farce has been bitterly assailed in
San Francisco as utter nonsense and
bosh. But it is replied that no claim is
male for it. but that there is claim made
that the players are great fun-makers,
and that they draw immensely whero
ever they go. It is added that it had
metropolitan approval at the East. New
songs, dames, medley, specialties and
business are introduced, and it is claimed
that these make it wholly unlike any
play of the farce-comedy order.
City Finances.
City Auditor Young makes the follow
ing report of the receipts and disburse
ments of the city for the week ending
Saturday, Septembers, 1891.
M. Oofley, water r&tea 11,617 00
Geo. A. Putnam, city licenses ;j,4>o 96
< ;<,(). a. Putnam, dog licensee 16 32
R. O. Cravens, Folice Court tines... <»5 00
K. H. Singleton, cemetery dues •}."> <•<)
Joseph Wiseman, babor dues 137 50
.i. ii. Young. sa'e street Improve
ment bouda 9,000 00
Henry Starr, Justice'sfeea 15 (jO
Albert Hart. State apportionment
school money '. 7,<;i 1 53
Total receipts $22,021 31
Total disbursements^ $18,860 5 i
Amount In ci.v Treasury (151,803 us
APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS:
Sinking and Interest Fund $19,244 -.7
General Kund :.':;, >..v> 20
Water Works Fund 769 95
i ii <■ Department Fund I7.?»;i 17
School Fund 37,213
Levee Fund 279 09
■■'<•< tery Fund 1,:. ; •■ i
Street Repair Fund 15,265 19
Police Fund 1 1,4X9 v.»
Bond Redemption Fund 1,270 3]
Library Fund l.:»r^ ;i>;
Bxbuniation Fund 270 50
Sewer Fond 4,276 '7
Dog Fund r« 81
Special Street Improvement Fund 7,393 viu i-
Streetßond Fund »i,x!;;^ 11
Total $151,5U3 28
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real i state transfers have
been recorded since our last report:
•i. L. May, L. <•'. and Mary Siller to <;.
L. Simmons—South ±l feet of north half
of lot f>. M and N, Ninth and Tenth
stre* ts;
v.'. L. Sullivan to Mary Sullivan—East
half of lot.;. L and M, Twenty-first and
Twenty-second stre< ts; >'!.
Orange Vale Colonization Company to
Charles H. Clark—Tract 109 of Orange
Vale Colony; $1,250.
Sierra Valley Plums.
There is one kind of fruit that reaches
perfection in sierra Valley, at an altitude
5,000 feet, and that is the plum.
Lawyer G. <'. Davis, who has just re
turned from a visit to his parents 1 homo
in that mountain paradise, brought with
him a branch from a tree, grown at the
village of Randolph, on which the plums
18 thick as ever grapes were seen in a
cluster. ludeed, it looks more like ia
cluster of very large grapes than anything
else, tho plums not. yet having reached
their full -row :h.
GUM HO'S ESCAPE.
A Clever Bit of Maneuvering at the
County Jail.
Tho Girl's Friends Spirit ITer Away
and Foil tho s',nve-ownurs— ln
Sale IIa:ul=.
Attorney Charles T. Jones has often
been spoken of as a clever practitioner,
hut never did he accomplish a neater
piece of work than he did on Saturday in
th" case of the Chinese girl, Gum Ho, for
possession the Chinese slave
owners have been making Buch a lively
fight oi' late.
The contest has been a .series of rapid
a and habeas corpus eases. No
sooner would the girl be released on
habeas corpus than she would be arrested
again on another trumped-up criminal
charge.
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
The last arrest was on a charge of em
tnent, and in tho warrant her
. d was made a co-defendant. The.
warrant was duly filed at the Sheriff's
by the Colusa officer who came
down to get the girl. It had not, how
ever, been served on the husband up to
rday morning.
<>n that morning the Colusa officer
learned that the husband was over in
Justice of the Peace Henry's Court and
going to the Sheriff's office, asked for his
warrant. !t was given to him and he de- !
erve it on the < Chinaman. He |
bardly out when Attorney
J< :. a stepped into the Sheriffs office and
asked on what authority the yirl was
being held.
couldn't help himself.
Tho Sheriff acknowledged that at that
moment he bad n > authority.
"Then i demand that she be relea
said Mr. Jon< s.
There was nothing else for the Sheriff
to do. The gu ! was .:■ d, and quickly
• ! to a carriage that was standing
mi Seventh street and driven off.
When the Uolusa officer came hack
with his warrant it was too late.
ody an ems to know where the girl
Is. and the «'olusa officer is liable to h i\ c
a hard time finding her. It is safe to con
je» ture that she is in tln> hands of friends
who will proteel her from the fi<
Biaven . > have i.e. q lighting lor
her.
I'KRRIE KEVVEN IN IT.
Perrie Kewen and his ! :i w partner, Mr.
Kip, wore in the city Saturday, accom
panied by Lee Ong, a sort of grand
deputy of the Chinese Six Companies.
The attori red that they were
M i-. Jones in saving the
tfirl fro-.i the Blave dealers, but they did
not have an opportunity to render that
Mi. Jones told them flatly
that if they r. presented any Chinaman
who wanted to get poss< sion of thogirl
iii \ would bave a fighl on their hauls.
II ■ proposed to so,- the girl safely at the
mission in San Francisco before he would
sy. The attorneys assured him
that they were with him", but the sudden
psoapoof the girl put an end to the pro
ceodings, and th< y did not get a chance to
do anything.
Somewhat Ludicrous.
W. E. Pelham, Constable at Sheridan,
Placer County, had hi< pocket picked
Saturday evening, at Second and R
-■ ■ asstandlng there listening
to tho strains of a brass band when he
felt a hand in his pock t. .\s he turned,
the hand was withdrawn and two men,
who were standing near him, Bnddenly
took to their heels. Pelbamfelt his pocket
and discovered that Ins purse, containing
$83, bad been taken. The Constable pur"
unod but could not overtake the thieves.
Tho matter has been reported to the
police.
Paying Up Their Licenses.
ironged the ('i;% < •,.,
lector's office en Sattfrday, paying ap
their |15 quarterly license. They could
Dot all be accommodated,and ('■ I
•.in will receive deposits to-day,
\; Hammer's imi>i'- store, 820 I stroet. you
win Jliia th'
-' pianos. *
MR. HENRY TALKS.
He Refuses to Illegally Use Money
of the Stockholders.
The Snbject of the J-Street Assessment
Freely Discussed—The Q-Street
Franchise
J. 11. Homy, President of the Central
Electric Railway Company, is in the city,
and was Been yesterday by a reporter in
•search of information, who remarked:
"Mr. Henry,the Krcconr.-l"mon would
like to know why your company refuses
to pay the double-track street improve
ment assessment on J street, between
Twenty-first and Twenty-eighth streets.-'
"In order to answer your question,"
replied Mr. Henry, "I shall have to go
into details somewhat. In the first place,
we have only a single track over that
portion of the street, and when Street
Commissioner McLaughlin made his
assessment for a doable track against our
company he and 1 talked the 1 matter over
and could not agree as to cur liability.
He said he would like to bave that ques
tion settled, and proposed getting tho City
Attorney's opinion on the matter. 1 told
him that was the proper way to settle the
matter. If we were liable for a double
track when we only hud a single one that
we would pay it without a word. The
opinion of the City Attorney was i<> the
effect that we were not liable.
'•in that same opinion, 1 think it was,
he said we had no authority of law for
operating our Line on the side ol the
street. That, in my opinion, cuts no
Qguro in the stj c: l assessment, b( cause h
we have no right to operate the track in
itn present position the payment of the
assessment will n>>!. give us such right.
Tr.n question is strictly governed by
statute, and the Trustees have nothing to
do with n, but ii' we have no righi to op
erate that portion of our lino where it
now lays, we shall immediately toko
steps to put it where the law will protect
us.
"1 <!o not care to operate a street rail
way contrary t<> law. We would take too
many chances in doing mi. This is a new
question, and a very serious one for us,
as well as some others \\i > are operating
street railways in this city, ana [shall
take the matter right up, and, as I taid
before, if 1 tind the track should be iv
the center of the strei t, to comply \\ ith
the law we will get there in a hurry.
"sJointf back t<> mis claim of the
Major's again—how can I, the managing
olttei r of this company, pay a bill cleai ly
known to me i<> he unjust, unfair and
illegal? Would I not become personally
resp insible to the stockholders for a mis
appropriation nl lui.ds?
'•What would the Major do if a bill he
knew to be illegal was presented to him
against the city 1 We all know what he
would do — refuse to pay it.
'•I saw it stated in one of the papers
the other day that we are only waiting to
have mis street work paid and then we
would lay a. double track, thereby getting
tin 1 benetitof the improvement. Accord
ing to the terms of our franchise, w< have
no right to lay a double track at this late
day. That privilege expired Rome time
ago. Hence, il vre want to lav an addi
tional track, we ■■■. ist Krstget a franchise;
in granting that, the Trustees can impose
such conditions as they think proper."
■ • ou say you have no right at this late
day to lay the additional track. You re
cently doubled the track from Nin. :
to Twenty-first. Why did you do that
without first getting permission?"
"We <ii L that without knowing the ex
act terms of the franchise. Wegocper
miss on ol Trustee Mclaughlin, but 1
presume at tho time he did not know the
lorn.'- of the franchise."
"What do you intend to do about this?"
•' \Ve intend," replied Mr. Henry, "now
to apply for a franchise covering these
two blocks of new track, so as to put us
within the pale ofth • law."
"Are there any other tracks in the city
laid on one side of a street so as to permit
the laying of an additional track when the
business of the road requires it?"
"Yes, on X from Tenth street out, and
ii"l mistake not, Mr. Carey is laying his
now road on Third street in the same
manner. In San Francisco there are
plenty of such cases. This center of tin'
street question is a new on< —that is, the
question of drawing it tine is a new
one."
"Mr. Henry," queried the reporter,
"do you think yon will get the en
franchise! "
"Yes, sir, I see no reason why we
should not."
"Is there any truth in the report that
you threaten to abandon the line on J
street, from Twenty-first to Twenty
eighth and M, if compelled to move it in
the center of the strei t?"'
"No, sir. I never made any such state
ment as that, although it would be for tho
company's interest to abandon that por-*
tion after we build our new station and
make the M-street line the through Hue
to oak Park."
MISGUIDED EFFORTS.
How Well-Meaning Persona Oiton
Cause Serious Damage.
On Saturday afternoon a hor^e at
tached to a buggy was galloping leisurely
down J street, on its way to Scriver's
stables. It was keeping the middle of
the street, and if it had been let alone no
harm would have resulted.
At Fifth str. et a man ran out and scared
th^ horse into a livelier gait, and soon
two <;hers succeeded in nrging the ani
mal into a dead run and causing him to
change his course a dozen times in going
one block. '! he result was collisions with
two buggies, neither of which wasa rJ
ously injure d.
Unless there is a reasonable chance for
catching i runaway horse, or unless a
person intends to make the attempt, he
had better let the anima] alone. In nine
cases out of ten this will prove the better
plan.
Pacific Coast Failures.
Tim Bradstrect Mercantile Agency re
ports KU failures In the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for for the month of
j August, with assets, $335,666, and liabili
ties, $60] ,481. as com] ired with eighty
two forthe previous month, with assets.
$141,367, and liabilities, 9412,437, and
eighty lor the corresponding month
of 1890. with assets, )288,5i6,and liabili
ties, $502,345. following are the causes
assigned for the failures: Incompetency
21, inexperience 14, Inadequate capital for
the business undertaken -i<>. injudicious
crediting I, personal extravagance 4, neg
lect <>!' business and had habits 1, ex
cessive competition 2, unfavorable cir
cumstanoes, floods, fires, eto. 8, specula-
I tion 1, fraud 6.
Car Builders Organize.
With the assistance of a committee
from tho Federated Trades, the car
builders of this city organized a union on
Saturday evening at Hussar Band Hull.
Forty-two men Bigned the roll. President,
J. G. Cox; V ice-President, Chas. Aiken;
Recording Secretary, William Hale; Fi
nancial Secretary, D. I>. Paxton; Treas
urer, .1. i". Strange; Conductor, George
Elliott; Preceptor, J. L. Rutherford;
Trustees, W. A. Anderson, W. H. Hugo
and k. it. Fox: Auditing Committee: U.
H. Weeks, A. \V. Livermore and \V. P.
EConayne.
There Was No Quorum.
The Board of State Library Trustees
were to have met on Saturday, but a
quorum was not present. Only Directors
Stephens and (irct-n were in town.
Confirmed.
Tho fietvorable impression produced 011
the first appearance of the agreeable
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs :i i\.w
years ago has been more than confirmed
by the pii>:is;-.nt experience of all who
have used it. and the roccoas of the ]iro
prietors and mann&cturers—the Caluor
: i:: Fia Syi ■• Company.
Q£tak*tgod prttly far the |£^ Ificutsc.
CLOSED TO-DAY FROM 12 M. TO 5 I>. M
CV*"! A ROT? HAY
THERE CAN be no more fitting time than to
day to indulge in a bit of salutatory to our
friends—the working people of our city and
State. May your success in the future be even
greater than in the past, and here we would express
to you thanks for years of patronage. From an
acorn to an oak. Our molto has been, " Honor be
tween buyer and seller." Our interests are mutual.
For every son of toil we wish the brightest future
and beg to drop this hint:
In the battle of life, 'tis the bread-winner's care
And surround them with comforts such as he will dare
T< 1 take from his income each year.
There is hardly a man in the State, so to speak,
. hen wishing to purchase, gives thought
How n-.u h they could save from their wages each week
Ii they knew where their goods should be bought.
The Red House is known ail over this coast
As the store f- r the people at large.
For the mom y you 1 pond 3 on get value the most,
And you never will be overcharged.
Paste the above lines in your hat; write it down
where you will foil over it every day. Don't wait
to be knocked down with hard facts and kicked in
sensible with high prices. Don't wait until your
dnys of usefulness are over and a pauper's grave
stares you in the face. Think of ihe great unknown
hereafter and the terrible end of the foolish man.
Think of those who are to come after you and keep
your grave green. Are they to remember the one
who took no thought of their future? See that your
honest, hard-earned dollars are invested where they
bring the largest returns. Buy for cash ; the credit
graveyard is full enough without you. Patronize
the one-price dealer and those who pay no tribute to
middle men.
"Yours,%with best wishes,
C. H. OILMAN,
PiLe^d. Mouse, Sacramento.
INVESTIGATE
Whether one is interested or not it
always pays to investigate a thing thor
oughly. "You may not want a string
when you pick it up, but it is sure to be
useful sometime."
IT WILL PAY YOU
To investigate the plan of the PACIFIC
COAST SAVINGS SOCIETY if you want
a home or a safe and profitable invest
ment.
Home Office, HO Market Street, San Francisco.
Sacramento Branch, 1007 Fourth Street, Sacramento.
J. H. WALLACE,- Manager.
GEO. H. STEPHENSON,
(OPEN EVENINGS.) Local Agent and Collector.
R K. WALLACE, 813-815 J Street.
Grcst Reductiona In Prices at trie
GOLDEN RULE STORE, 300 J STREET.
I.IANCY CASSIMERE BTTTfS, 54: FANCY CASSIMERE PANTS, $1 75: ISALRRIG
oi - pli'L' v:: ■;'«■. ar Suits, 75c; Fancy Striped SociDa at Sea pair: Fancy Calico Bhlrta at
S&c; 15 Candles for :. c; Pancy lor 25c v aozen; Face Powders, all brands, oc; Quilts
iroju 7oc U;V.;inl; Hiunkcts from $1 25 upwsird.
N. ZEMANSKY, Proprietor.
W. D. COMSTOCK"
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
FURNITURE, BEDDING, MIRRORS, ETC.
SOI and 503 X Street. Corner FHftH,
MS (t I) if IS Furniture and Carpeis.
-^4-13 X Srteet, Sacramento.
PCLXJISTE &~FLOBERG~
"\T7ATCTTMAKEKS AND JEWELERS, 428 J STREET BKTWKK\'VnrTRTH ATMn
V> Ptfth, dealer* in WATCHES JEWELRY and DIAMONDS, llyr \n°sF™ aU^S
branches a specialty, under Mr. Floberg. Agents for ROOKFORD WATCH COMPANY.
H. :S.ST r7~
T EADINQ JKWELER OF SACRAMENTO. AQENT FOR PATEK PHILIPPF * CO"\
JL^WATCHES-bcst in the world. SIGN 6f THE TOWN CLOCK.' Jl" J STMJET, SaS
WM. D. MilvLL/iVJD 1 WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
_No. 628 J St.. Sacramento. Cal.. ImSKKSISr. °* V°ttshc' "d JeWClry
SACRAMENTO LUMBER COMPMY,{ DT in l^rrßnn° d r'
MAIN OFFTfV.-FA-ond street. L and M. YARlWFront and R Btrccta. Sacmmenta.
CAPAY COLONY.
Bust Fruit-Growers in a Pretty
Yolo Valley—Tancred and Its
Adjoining Farms.
•JN THE SPUING OF LAST YEAR
Robert A. and Neal D. Barker associntofl
themselves with WUllam McKay, all ot Oak
land, v.-if h v view of searching out a suitable
location m which to engage In the profitable
occupation of fruitgrowing After visiting
many localities, they decided on the Capay
Valley, Yolo County, aud tho Rhodes tract at
Tancred.
Negotiations wore opened with tho Capay
v alley Land Company,owning the tract in
question. With W. ir. Mills, the General
Agent of that oompany, thoy arranged f,, r the
purchase of about 220 acres of foothill land
This being more than they had thought of
taking for their own use, they spoko to a
number of friends about it. with the result
that the tract Mas divided amon-the follow
ing people: &L. lliekok, 40 acres; W. T.
Parnett, 20 acres; N. T. Greathead, 20 acres;
Mrs. L. Great head, 20 acres; \Y. McKay 20
acres; N. D. Barker, 20 acres; R. A. Barker,
20 acres; J. p. Brownlee, 20 acres; E. 11. Ba»
lett, 10 acres; Joseph Barker, 10 acres; A. W.
Kelly 10 acre^.and Frederick Kelly, 10 acres.
Solar this had been merely a private ven
ture ot the gentlemen above named, but In
talkingup the question of dividing tee land
already purchased, it was found that so many
more would like to join it than the ana of tho
purchase would admit of, that it was sag*
gested on all hands. -Why not get some moro
land and divide it up in the Bame way?"
Then followed the idea of a Mock company to
take hold of a larger tract und arrange for the
cultivation of the wholeof It,artersubdivldlni
it according to the requirements of the sub-
CCTibers. A provisional board was formed, a
prospectus issued, and Jinally, on the sth oi
June, 1890, the Western Co-operative Col
onization and Improvement Oompany was
duly registered and proceeded to business,
with the following officers: President. Will
iam McKay; \i President, M. p. Brown)
Directors—H. c. Ellis, Charles Brooke and
U. A. Barker; Secretary and General Manager,
Neal P. Barker; Solicitor, Q E. Hnook; Treas
urer, First National Bank of Oakland.
The balance of tho tra-t. 373 acres, was pur
chased. A contract was entered into for the
purchase OJ a lar^e number of fruit trees,
vines,etc. This early purchase of trees was
thr means ol saving between f;i,ooo and
94.000 to the company, the prices in some
ca ■»< having more than doubled since then.
The Ideas which th<' prospectus eel forth
have been but slightly modified and tho
progress of the company has been uninter
rupted. Those who wont into ft doubtingly
have become enthusiastic, and almost all the
members arranged to set out all tlu-ir lands in
fruit trees, etc, tiu> Mm year. Consequently
In this, the lirst season, some 40,000 trees and
betwwn 20.000 and 30.000 vinea will bs
pranwr.
The satisfactory working of this scheme has
had the eftect of attracting considerable at
tention to the work of the Colony Company,
and a number of people an; 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 a very bright
future.as well as for tho beautiful valley in
which their operations are conducted. How
this marvelous little garden has conir to be so
Inns neglected is a puzzle to every one who
hiss vinitrd it, but one thing is very sure, and
that Is that this ncgiect will never again \>e
if It in the valley.
The fruits sot oat are mostly of tho standard
varieties—peaches, apricots, Bartlett pears,
prunes, Qgs, raisin grapes, etc., while along
both sides of th<> avenues, throughout tho
tract, walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
A eonsiderable^numhcr ot citrus trees aro also
being net out; quite a sufficient number to
demonstrate that these fruits can be success
fully grown in the valley, about which tho
colonists appear to have no doubt, provided
proper care is given to the young trees. Neal
r>. Barker, General Manager of the company,
resides on the tract, und to his care is to be a*
cribed much of the success of the venture.
Mention should br> made of the town-site,
about which there is a pleasant innovation
which might with profit be followed by moro
ambitious places. A small park of some three
acres haa been laid out right In the center of
the town. This park it is proposed to beautify
by planting in it from time to time as many
of the beauties and curiosities of tree and
shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
search aud a wise expenditure of mouoy. It
is not expected that Tancred will ever bo a
large and busy city, but it is thought that it
can bo made a very pleasant little placo 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, as a
county road, and to build a bridge across
Cache Creek at this point, in order to give the
settlers on the oast side of the creek access to
Tancred Station. The Tancred colonists are
quite willing to givo the necessary right of
way, and are very desirous of having a bridge
there, as the colony lauds extend along both
Bides of the stream. It is thought that it
would be a very wise expenditure ot public
money to grant them this very necessary im
provement, as tho operations of such com
panies are of widespread benetlt to the whole
county and State. The attractions and com
forts of the cities arc well known, but to thoso
who arc 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 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 pro
vision that no Intoxicating liquor shall ever
be manufactured or sold on the land. Tho ap
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 im
practicable: C. T. Hull, Berkeley, 5 acres; W.
I. Hiinimou, Oakland, 14 acres; C.S. Kasson,
San Francisco, 11 acres; Jos. Barker, 10 acres;
A. W. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont., 5 acres; N. T.
Greathead. 5 acres; R. G. Greathead, Oakland
10 acres; R. A. Barker, Han Francisco, 10
acres; N. D. Barker, Tancred, 10 acres; Dr. K.
Favor, ban Francisco, 27 acres; J. P. Brownlee.
Kincardine. Ont., 1) acres; W. T. Barnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; M. P. Brown, 10 awes;
Chas. Brook. Sr., Oakland. 10 acres; W. C.
Boutelle. Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. T. A.Crelin,
Oakland, 5 acres; C. H. Peach, Tancrcd, 5
acres: H. CL Eflis, Oakland, 10 acres; J. Van
stone, Winnipeg, 10 acres; E. a. Vanstonej
Tancred, 5 acres; E. Wads worth, Sacramento,
5 acres; M. A. Thoma?, Oakland, i> acres;
James Graham, i>an Francisco, U acres; A.
Stark, 12 acres; J. .Stark. 10 acres; Mrs. M.
Vrooman, 6 acres; C. E. Snook, 10 acres; C
T. Greathead, 12 acres; Wm-MeKay, S acres;
Mrs. Wni. McKay. Oakland, G acres; Mrs. E.
C. Wooley, Brooklyn, N. V., 10 acres; Mrs. H.
Becklcy, Oakland, 5 aercs; T. A. Marriett, 5
acres; J. C Harrison, Tancrcd, 5 acres. The
land reserved by the Colony Company, ia>
diauclu townsitc, consists of 61 acres.
:eis-tfd^w
GOLDEN EiVOLE HOTEL,
Corner Seventh and X Streets.
W. Q. BOWBBfI, Proprietor.
i^*Z^*H ?"Tr\\v^f rx* f.' I,' v*kt^^^ iSj
*
lid * ■
! Corner Seventh and X Streets, Sacrament*.
I QTRICTLY PIRST-CLASa FREE' BUS TO
Oand from the oar-. 1;. 1; BROWN for*
j i"crlyofth. , - Hot; l. Proprietor.
WESTERN HdTKL,
THK LEADING HOUBE OF SACRA*
mento. CaL M< M. LAND
Proprietor. Free "bus to and from botei.
UNION HOTEL,
*k?ooml Street* 3 n n<l K.
CONIHCI Kl> ON THK F.CKOITAN I'IAN
FINK COMMERCIAL LUNCH SERVED
dally from 11 \. y. to 2 r. m.
SAiliMf SU.VKN A M
PACIRIC HOTEL,
Corner X and Fifth Streets, Saci imcato.
CENTRALLY LOCATED -viN
i«'iu to all places >>i amusement. Tl ■
family hotel in the ciiy. Th( table always
supplied with the besl the market affords.
Street cars ,r.'in ; he depot ps w the door every
five mlnuUs. Meals, 25 cente
C. V. 6IN( LETOK P »prietor.
WINDSOR HOTEL,
Corner Elgrhth .mil .1 Streets.
mWENTY-TWO NEW ROOMS JUST
I added and complete for occupancy. New
furnitui .carpets,etc sta uau lations
tor families. Tei . . ,
pass ih< doer every six mm ;
! NEAKI a FLAHERTY, Props,
TREMONT HOTEL,
MRS. P. BRTDINO, Solo Proprietor.
NEWLY FURNISHED AND RENO\ •
Hni- lamily hotel: « well-tiiippltcd table;
airy rooms; termi
excellent. 112 and 114 J street. ap4-3rn
THE SADDLE ROCK
Restaurant and Oyster House.
FIRST-C1 \ss HOUBE IN BSVERY RE
spect. Ladies' dining-room cparate. Own
day and night BUCK MANN & CARRA
UHER, Proprietors. No. L( l> Second street,
between .1 and K. Bacramento.
VIENNA CAPE,
-,)i X STREET. FIRST-CLASS MOME
»)^| cooking. Board by the week, l MIL
FENT/L1 N<;. Proprietor, I >mi. rlj chii
Saddle Roc^ Restaurant. -ri-l ;n
gtcct*©, (!Btc,
\V. I^. STRONG CO.,
wnoi.r.-AJ.i; iu:ai.ki:s in
Frut-it and Frocii-Lc:^,
SACRAMENTO, (AL.
S. GERSON & CO.,
VHOUCSAU
Fruit, Produce and Commission Mercbanta^
SACBAJCSNTO, CAL..
P. O. Box 17Q.
W. H.~WOOD & CO^
Wholesale Dealers and Shippers of
California Fruits, Potatoes, Beans,
BUTTER, ETC.
Hioa* 11T to 188 .» yti-p«>t. Sacramento.
CURTIS BROS. & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
Wholesale Dealers in Fruit and Produce,
008, aio, 313 X St.. Sacramento.
Telephone 37. j>, : j 335.
ECGESE J. GKEfiORY. FRANK OBJKQOBT.
GREGORY BROS. CO.
SUCCESSORS TO GREGORY, BARNES <ft
Co.. Nos. l^Gand I^B J st , Sacramento,
wholesale dealers in I'roduco and Fruit Pall
Rtocks of Potatoes, Vegetables, Qreen an<2
Dried Fruits, Beans, Alfalfa, Butter E^a.
Cheese, Ponltry. etc., always on hand. Oriers
Qlled at LOWEST KATES
EBNER BROS.,
116-118 X Street, Front und Secondg
Sucraniento-
TMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DKAL
-1 ors in Wines and Llqaon. tgents for ths
oelebrated Pommei v .umipagnob
M. CRONANj
830 X St., and 1108-HIO Third St.,
Sacramento, Cal.,
IMPOIiTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER
in Fine Whiskies, Brandies and Cliam*
raeae.
FELTER & CO.,
No. 416 Battery Street, San Franclscr.,
TMPORTERS of AND WHOLES A] E
1 dealer.-- in Win. s. Liquors and Cigars. i\
O. Box 2125, San Francisco. seii-lrn
HjT^° J&hibit.
VMiS± iLOLIb^ATTE^D,
WRIT^TK^ SECRETARY
/&VW. r<3R Information.
Bum F.SttiiH, "SSfe
5
