The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

85 Years Ago

Jan. 13, 1937

The Haxtun Volunteer Fire department will probably display a new fire truck in the near future, following action by the town board to purchase complete new equipment. The new custom-built truck will be mounted on a Chevrolet chassis that has been purchased from Ace Goddard of the Clark Chevrolet Company.

Local officers were searching the town and countryside here Saturday evening in an effort to locate two young men who passed counterfeit coins at a Haxtun business firm. The newly minted coins were half-dollars and were given in payment of small purchases at C...