BOOOSTS CROP PROSPECTS Ranks of Snow-Men Appear As Austin Celebrates 25-Year Record Fall. Old and young in Austin continued a winter frolic Sunday as the heaviest snow of history in this section of the state melted under the sun's rays which appeared from behind grey clouds Sunday fore- oon for the first time in over 36 hours. The record breaking snow which began falling at 6 o'clock Saturday morning continued steal- ing through Sunday night and until 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning mak-ing a continuous fall of over 24 hours and spreading a six inch cover of white over the city and surrounding country. According to old-time residents, nothing com-parable to this blizzard had ever been seen here. Youthful residents of the univer-sity district and the downtown sec-tion reveling in the heaviest snow seen here and the first community of the year, gathered near the park for winter sports as hastily impro- vised snow sleds were seen on many of the city Sunday morning. Before traffic had charmed the last inch snow into dirty slush partially covering the streets and filling the lateral, many a little automobile was being operated by its owner, the young, and riding along the streets with glee as they enjoyed the novelty of making hundreds of snow-men. Downtown Battle Ground. The corner of Seventh and Con-gress avenue became a smirlyal battle ground about 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning when a group of lads on opposite sides of the street and picked a fight in the rival group raced up and down the streets and picked a fight. The lads, who were told to turn each side of the block between Seventh and Eighth streets with snowballs from the carriages, Snow Sculptors Reveal. Snow men in the yard of Roy A. Miller, 604 West Sixth street, near the Central and Guadalupe street fire stations attracted considerable attention. Final at completion was more than a half inch and 22 feet around at the base.