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 of Condon as early as December 4, 1886, with Godfrey Schilling postmaster. The place is shown on contemporary maps but the only application of the name in recent years has been at Matney school and the compiler does not know if this school is still in service. There is nothing in available records to show that Matney post office was ever put in operation, despite the fact that a postmaster was appointed.

, Wasco County. Matney post office was established June 12, 1895, with Isaac C. Matney postmaster. The office was closed April 23, 1896, with all papers to The Dalles. This record implies that Matney post office was near The Dalles.

, Jefferson County. Matoles, an early spelling for Metolius, was the style used for a post office established March 17, 1888, with Isaac Blanton first postmaster. According to. D. Allingham of Bend, this office was in the southwest corner of what is now Jefferson County, north of Black Butte. It was on Lake Creek, west of what was later called the Hansen Resort. Blanton sold his holdings to E. R. Carey of Prineville, who did not care to operate the post office. Benjamin Hoover was then appointed, May 27, 1889, and moved the office half to three quarters of a mile east. The office was closed September 12, 1890. Matoles post office was reestablished June 2, 1893, with Mrs. Margaret J. Allingham postmaster, on the Allingham ranch, about two miles north of and downstream from its original location. The office was discontinued August 29, 1896. All this information was gathered from Allingham by Robert W. Sawyer of Bend in September, 1946. For information about the name Metolius see under that heading. The later post office Metolius, is a good many miles northeast of the place once called Matoles.

, Wallowa County. The Matterhorn, named because of a fancied likeness to the great mountain of Switzerland and Italy, is one of the highest peaks in the Wallowa Mountains, and is situated southwest of Wallowa Lake. Matterhorn means a peak or horn with green meadows at its base. The village of Zermatt in Switzerland, at the foot of the Matterhorn, is so named because it is on a meadow.

, Deschutes County. The name Matthieu Lakes was bestowed in 1924 by Professor Edwin T. Hodge of the University of Oregon on two sinall lakes on the southern part of Black Crater, near the summit of the Cascade Range. Professor Hodge thus honored Francis Xavier Matthieu, a pioneer of the Oregon country, who was born near Montreal, April 2. 1818, and died near Butteville, Oregon, February 4, 1919. He came to Oregon in 1842 with the Hastings company. He settled in the Willamette Valley not far from Butteville and was present at the meeting held at Champoeg May 2, 1843, to consider a provisional government. He was one of those who favored a provisional government and his name is one of the most honored in pioneer history. See memorial address of Charles B. Moores, published in OHQ, June, 1914.

, Jefferson County. Maud post office was situated at the Samuel A. Sandvig homestead about ten miles west of Ashwood. The office was established May 9, 1912, with Sandvig postmaster, and was in operation until March 31, 1914. The office was named for Maud Sandvig, wife of the postmaster. It was near Pony Butte.

, Wasco County. Maupin bears the name of one of the most celebrated of Oregon pioneers. Beside being applied to the post office, the name is also used for several geographic features in the central part