Howard Joseph Mattes

Howard Mattes was a capitalist and businessman residing in Reardan for a period of time.

He bought a lumber yard from John Hansen which he renamed Mattes' Lumber. It was on the Southeast corner of Lake Street and Spokane Avenue.

He co-founded Chamokane Lumber Company, a saw mill on the Spokane River near Little Falls, with John Raymer and Michael Moriarty. This mill supplied most of the lumber for Mattes' Lumber. This company owned several sections of land along the Spokane River between Chamokane and Nine Mile Falls.

He built the Mattes' Building after the fire of 1914. It has housed many businesses over the years. In 1949 he sold the building to Ralph and Edna Frisk who ran a grocery store in that building.

He retired to Spokane and invested in several buildings there.