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Show Second Place Essay Written by Morris Jones The second place in the Lott Essay Contest, which terminated termin-ated last week, was won by Morris Jones with the essay entitled "Value of a Sanitary Engineer or I'lumbor to a Community." Some very strong points aro brought out in tho article which follows: VALUE OK A SANITARY ENGINEER OR l'LIT-THEH TO A COMMUNITY Tho world Is coming to realize moro every day tho value of sanitation. sani-tation. It Is dominant Issue of our entire political, Industrial, and educational edu-cational situation. Looking nt ourselves from a biological bio-logical point of view, we find thfl evolution has mado us conscious off future, has shown us how to attain IL and most ot nil has mado that futuiT a matter for our practical concern. Our highest boast is coming to bo that v tho present generation, aro living not only for ourselves, but nlso for the generations that aro to follow. Tho first steps toward sanitation nro tho safo dlsosnl of sewage, and tho securing of a wholcsomo water supply. Every well organized town has Its Ssnltnry Engineer or plumbing Inspector, In-spector, who duty It Is to Inspect the drinking wntor supply, the sewage system, etc., of tho town, When the plumbing In a building Is completed the plumber or his reprcscntnlvr shnll secure for tho owner of the building, from tho Snnltnry Engineer n certificate of Inspection, signed by tho Committee of Health, certifying that tho plumbing work has been, rrnporly inspected and tested as required re-quired by tho sanitation Inws Tin. Sanitary Engineer will sco Hint the city has an abundant supply of whole-some whole-some wntor. They will sec that the many smnll wells of tho town are biillt so that surraoo uramngo win not contnmlnato tho water In the well, rbr undoubtedly this evil causes caus-es numorous cases of typhoid fever nnd other water-horno diseases every year. Scwogo emptying Into a river or n lako, or seeping through the soil Into J n shallow well, Is ono of tho chief sources of contamination of tho water supply, all sewngfl aH wo know Is likely like-ly to contain dlscaso germs. For this reason the safo disposal of sewage Is one of the greatest necessities that Is met by tho engineer for sanitation. Tho Sanitary Engineer examines eery plumbing Job to sco If tho drain pipes leading from tho house aro tightly tight-ly Joined or If they consist of n poor material, as porotm tllo, through which the sowago will escapo from tho leaky pipes Into tho ground Immediately ; surrounding tho houso. This sewage snaked soil Is liable to bo a constnnt menaco to the health ot tho household. Few people realize the danger of sewage sew-age gnsos, whlrh escape from these leaky plpei, nnd foul tho air and en. danger the health of n family or of n city. It Is unquestioned that tho 1'nlted States Is the cleanest, most sanitary nnd most fieo from tho plagues of pesttllencc. of any nation In tho world, n condition which Is duo to bolter sanitary methods In houso pliinililnc nnd the handling or waste sewage. Modern sanitary engineering had Itr origin In England, but progress there ns In nil other parts of tho world Including America, hod been slow and |