Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1913 — INDIAN TO SIGN U. S. MONEY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDIAN TO SIGN U. S. MONEY

Gabe E. Parker, a Choctaw, Is the First of His Race to Be Register of Treasury. Washington, D. C.— Gabe E. Parker, a Choctaw Indian o*f Academy, Okla., first man of his race to be Register of the treasury, was sworn into office.

His signature will appear on all currency and he declared he regarded bi» appointment as a signal recognition of the Red men.

Gabe E. Parker.