Orange, Will J
journalist, poet, mine owner, politician, was born March 30, 1858, near Albion, Ill. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and graduated from Bayliss college. In 1886 he purchased The Rustler of Silver Cliff, Col.; and soon became prominent in political and mining circles. He was one of the organizers of the mining congress, and suggested the name of the Silver Republican Party. He has filled numerous public positions of honor, and in 1896 was elected regent of the university of Colorado for a term of six years. He has written extensively for the periodical press, and has attained prominence in the west as a humorous poet.