Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-11
MRS. OLIVE EMS.
ONCE PUBLISHER
HERE, IS DEAD
Splendid Tribute Is Paid by
People Of los Angeles to
Woman Who Edited the Az
buQJerQue Times.

.s-fetst coasssr1aoa.lt to sos.Haa isersstI
snfa Fe Nur- Iu Notable s tHe
rIHHie rIi tAe late Alrs olive Ennis
Hte formerly af Albuquerque. where
she published the Albuquerque Times
Seer funeral took place saturday af-
terpoou at tNo o.eloek. services being
held in the chapel IT Hosedalo ecmc-
trrs 80 L0s Angeles For many years
She Vas dean OF The newspaper WOO
mem 81 Die southwest
"a appears in the Los Angeles
Tmea "E4r nearly "a decade she had
been living vcn retired lHc n Los
Angeles IS complication of diseases
ana tbc death Of her only son made
her almost "a rrclusc though she
stl wrote occasionally for eastern
publications AS me Young bride of
Lieutenant Ennis She came across the
plains 90 Sow Mexico iu 1866 With
General Grccrs command aud ionh
garrison Boo Santa Pc under General
carleton an officer held IN grateful
remembrance hy 0id-tmc Sew McK.-
cams AH index nf her courage oven
then s that She made that long. hard,
perHons iourup, "in expectancy On-
lt "A ew wclhs after the arrival ln
santa Bic ucr hor. carleton was born.
she became. and for years remained,
90 notable factor in the social and iu-
teleruml l.fc OF the ancient capital
"Aftcr Lieutenant Ennis was killed
boo au Indian trouble she went back
cast and secured q billet as reporter
on the Cincinnati Enquirer, being me
Grst American woman 10 come thus
into the actual grind of daily news
papering For twelve years she held
this pioneer position with credit Then
The rau of the west came strong
again She worked awhile in st.
.ouis. On me way-on ncwspape
and then came home To- the New Mex
icn She loved. For many years she
was probably the best known woman
In the ttheuj territory ana no other
writer editorial or contributory, had
more respect.
nd was In Sew Mexico that she
married Wallace Worth Hitc, gem
uinc and sympathetic partnership dis
solved ouy by her death. They took
up dry ranch among the pines on
the east flank IF The Manzanos, and
from there. amid their ordous labors
against The wilderness, she did some
IF her best writing under the pen
name of Hawthorne
about 1891 they started in AL
buquerque one Of the brightest bray
est ana most ukoablc wcekies ever
issued in enc southwest the Albu-
qucruue Times 10 had a literary fla
vur. then uncommon la New Mexico,
and conscience and courage as rare
Into The very thick Of the corrupt and
dangerous politics of the day this
new knight crant rode dauntless and
udomimhlc lt chrouicled a dozen
political murders In its few years Of
life and was Itself the mark of many
threats which were not hollow
But the valiant little Times was
ahead of IFS times. and il was starved
out by those large influences which
could not scare a.
Thousands 81 uld-timors Of the
southwest remember and will mourn
This notable little woman TO her
fvlrIessnoss she added poise, Her
mind was unusually alert, clear and
ust bcr sympathies broad, her 10y
atty lnvincibir
"lt was "a very simple ceremony SAT-
Wdas amid the soft drip pf the first
rain that marked the passing of this
pioneer only q few old-timo friends
wore there Joseph Dupuy now Ia
NOUS as Il singer aud conductor, but
30 disappointed boy iu lS92, when She
heigsud n him ANA helped him found
tho Grst orphans club in New Mex
ico SANS with deep foeline Load
Kindly Light and Abide with Me
and spoke earnestly of his gratitude
Charles r. Lummis the writer Of
the above. "a cherished friend since
1887. preached little sermon Of
memories ana love and consolation.