Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — PASSED AWAY. [ARTICLE]

PASSED AWAY.

Death or Uaac Maples, One of the Most Prominent Cltlmens In the Northwest. Stillwater, Minn., June 28.—Isaac Staples, the most prominent man in the St. Croix valley and one of the most prominent in the entire northwest, died Monday, morning at four o’clock, aged 82 years. He came to the St. Croix valley from Maine 45 years ago to buy pine lands, locating in Stillwater, where he hus since resided. He has engaged in logging every season until the past winter and in one season his cut was 55,000.00(1 feet, tht largest ever made by any single firm in this section. He was interested largely in various enterprises in the northwest, and it is estimated his estate will exceed $1,000,000 in value.