The type of Kansas home which the present generation 

 tifying by tree and shrub planting. 



rapidly beau- 



A view in the timber belt bordering Big Creek, on the Fort Hays Experi- 

 ment Station, Hays, Kan., formerly the Fort Hays Military Reserva- 

 tion. The above shows Custer's Island, where George A. Custer and 

 party were surrounded by Indians, later marooned by high water and 

 finally forced to swim their horses out to escape. 



