BOOSTS CROP PROSPECTS Snow of Jan. 23-24-1926. 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 forenoon for the first time in over 36 hours. The record breaking snow which began falling at 6 o'clock Saturday morning continued steadily through Sunday night and until 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning making 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 comparable to this blizzard had ever been seen here. Youthful residents of the university district and the downtown section revelled in the heaviest snow seen here and the first real snow of the year, and seized the opportunity for winter sports, although their equipment was hastily improvised, several sleds were seen on hills of the city. Saturday morning traffic had changed the partially covering the streets and filling gutters. The principal sport of the morning was snow-balling automobiles and pedestrians, and both in the university district and downtown, of making hundreds of "snow-men." Downtown Battle Ground. The corner of Seventh and Congress avenue became a snow-ball battle ground about 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning when groups gathered on opposite sides of the street and pelting passing automobiles or threw snow balls at the rival group. Later in the morning young men had lined each side of the block between Seventh and Eighth streets and were showering automobiles with snow balls from the time they entered the block until they left it. Snow Sculptors Revel. Snow men in the yard of Roy A. Miller, 604 West Sixth street, and at the Central and Guadalupe street fire stations, attracted particular attention. That at Central station was more than 15 feet high, and 22 feet around at the base. Twenty-sixth street went in for artistic sculpture in modeling out a woman's figure to almost lifelike shape and realism. Streets throughout the downtown section were rivers of slush as soon as the snow started melting about 11 o'clock. Gutters were clogged with streams of water were flowing in the centers of some streets. Co-eds Are Pelleted. Co-eds continued to draw the fire of students on Guadalupe street at the university, and girls wearing white under their hose were especially pelted. Church attendance was cut over half because of the snow, according to reports from several downtown churches. One Sunday school superintendent said his Sunday school member, were playing baseball with snow balls and church attendances had been cut over half. The snow melted rapidly after the sun began to shine about noon Sunday and early in the afternoon the snow had practically all gone for gutters. Actual precipitation during the Saturday storm was .41 inches, according to the official reading made by H. H. Henderson, weather observer. In measuring precipitation, snow is melted and a rain gauge is used for determining the inches of actual water. Temperature is maintained at 25 degrees throughout Saturday, but mounted to 30 degrees during the night and early morning, according to the official reading made Sunday mornings.