oo , FREE PAPER IS ' " A BAD FAILURE Oklahoma City, Aug. 26 A test of the "free newspaper" ended here today to-day when the Pointer and tho Free Press, which for many months havo made a stubborn fight for existence, were sold to C. 3. Edgar, publisher of the Times The change of ownership marks the end of a newspaper war that has been waged here for tho last three years. The free papors, which had been given away bj the thousands, thou-sands, had proved a heavy financial loss to their owners. It was said. The Pointer probably was one of the first free papers of any magnitude ever started In this country. It established es-tablished a complete plant and entered the field a8 vigorously as any paid na-per na-per ever did, maintaining a full staff of printers and editors, and a telegraph tele-graph news service. Later the Free Press was launched to oppose it. As a result, Oklahoma City had five papers pa-pers and at times its streets were lit-, lit-, erally filled with free copies that had been thrust into the. hands of pedestrians. pedes-trians. Mr. Edgar, owner of the Times, only recently purchased that paper. Ho came to Oklahoma shortly after having hav-ing made a success In the newspaper field at St Joseph, Mo , and at other points.