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Show CLERGYMEN HAVE INCREASE H SALARY Increaso In tho salary of Episcopal clergymen In various dioceses in tbo west to something moro nearly a. living liv-ing wago, have boon voted as one of the lmmodlate results of the nationwide nation-wide campaign now under way la the church. Tho diocese of Olympla has established a minimum aalary of $1800 as a maximum salary for mln-monto. mln-monto. Tho dlocoso of California, onbraclng San Francisco, Oakland and tho bay counties, hau established $1800 aa a maOximum salary tor min liters with children, $1200 for unmarried un-married clergy, $1500' for married r'rgymon with an allowance of $100 for each child until tho maximum for any one clergyman la rtachtd t $)lf. Many of tho westorn dioceses are approaching their quotas, with tho diocese of Oregon already reaching Its Quota In tho nation wldo campaign. cam-paign. In othor parishes and dls-ti.'ct.i dls-ti.'ct.i the campaign is being continued contin-ued to end at Easter. Over tho nation reports from New York Indlcatu that tho quota of $42,000,000 has been about sixty per rent subscribed, with thousands or communities In tho church, mon and v. union, dedicating thomselves to church servlco. Tho purposes of tho nation wldo campaign for church stimulation will bo continued as a permanent part of tho work of tho Episcopal chuich, according to an fcnuouncoment Just received from tho nnt'ou wide campaign headquarters in New York. |