Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-21
LOOK FOR MAN WITH A CIGAR
interviewer Seeks Out Man Who
Resembles Joe Cannon in
This Respect.
WAS BORN AS A BUCKEYE


called at the office Of Fred Castle, the
fair young typist in charge said he was
out somewhere in the hotel supcrintend- !
ing things.
The interviewer had never seen Mr.. /
Castle and he sought some way OF
identifying him when he should seek him
in the hotel building.
Just look for man with cigar In
his mouth" said the typist and then
added some unimportant details such az
Tho fact that he was average size. smooth
faced. wore an overcoat and a soft crush
hat
And the interviewer went forth and
looked and saw man with a cigar In
his mouth and he approached him ana
spoSe
Is this Mr.. Csstle?"
And g. was
u ,aid by people who have known
Fro der elk Archer Castle for many years
that he can sometimes be caught without
a cigar in his mouth. lie has been seen
cigarless.
or course he doesn't have a cigar in
his face" while he slumbers and It IL
reasonably certain that he dispenses with
the weed while he Is partsking OF his
three meals a day.
Like Uncle Joe.
But AZ all other times the cigar s as
much a part Of the physlognomy Of
Frederick Archer Castle as II IL OF Uncle
Joe Cannon. II II should ever become
necessary for him to assume a disguise
he could dispense with the cigar and be
as thoroughly disguised as ]. Ham Lewis
without his pink whiskers.
he'll
as Fred" Castle. lessee and manager
OF the new Castle hotel, was born in
Ashtabula, o., a town made famous by
it's pitchforks. In fact Fred Castle
worked for a season during his boyhood
in that very Ashtbula Tool Works, where
the pitchforks are made.
Mr. Castle says he was born on April
4, 1859. and doesn't care who knows IT,
His father was a railroad contractor and
built many OF the stations and other
buildings ON several divisions Of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern and the
Pennsylvania railroads
Saved His Money.
Young Castle was OF an extremely in
dustrious. energetic and pushing nature.
He was ambitious and he worked his own
way to a self-made manhood. He at
and in his vacations he always got Jobs
and worked and saved his money.
He spent several vacations sailing on
big steamers on tho Great Lakes. working
in the culinary department and learning
the foundation Of those culinary delights
that have helped to make his hotel
ventures successful. He sailed for time
on tho Peerless, a large steamer running
n ~ mh
his cousin was captain and part owner.
He saved tho money he made by his
summer work and used II TO attend
oberlin college. where he studied for two
years.
At the age OF 10 years he went TO Cali
fornia and lived on the Pacific eoaht for
twelve years. in San Francisco and in
Portland, Ore.
During most OF this time he was In tho
life insurance business for the Mutual
Life Insurance company OF New York.
He then came back from the Pacific
coast, having found better place to live
namely. Nebraska. more particularly
Omaha.
Continued Insurance business.
For time he continued In the life In
suranee business for his company and
then entered the hotel business, which
had always had an attraction to him ever
since the days when he was a peerless
second cook.
He secured a five-year lease on the IleI
Grand hotel. Sixteenth and Howard
streets where he was very successful
This lease expired December 81, 1913.
Il wanted q fireproof plant and so he.
gan looking around for one," said Mr.
Castle. Il have always had the creates
confidence in Sixteenth street and
wanted place on this street. I founC
that DR.. Harold Clifford owned the sit,
OF. which the Castle now stands and
approached him with a proposition I,
luild hotel
"of course. II wasn't q go right from
the start. II took some hard work on m,
part to convince him OF the feasibility o
my plans and the excellence OF the prop
osition. But eventually he entered int
my plans Enthusiastically and-here W
are with this ideal plant"
Mr.. Castle has a very wide acauaint
anee. gained while he was in the life In
surance business and during the fiy
years while he was the boniface OF tn
Her Grand. and this will be an asset q
Immense value to him In operating IN
Castle.