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Show Tills TO. MEET ; j i :landiodaifor : m ecnvsriTiori PORTLAND, On. July id'. The' mot Important concourse of: scientific men which will gather in. Portland this year is the American Medical association which begins a five day' convention m Portland today. . Delegates . from, all parts of the United States to the num-' ber of several hundred are in the city to attend the meetings, and speakers of national prominence In the. medical world are on the programme for speeches, . papers or for conducting clinics. . In addition to the association itself, several of its auxiliary associations will hold sessions during the week. These include the American Biological association, the American Life Insurance Insur-ance Examiners' association and the Society for the Study and Cure of In-ebrity. ' For the entertainment' of the' "dile gate during, their stay, the physicians of Portland have raised a fund of $20,-: 000, the largest amount ever devoted, to the entertainment of a body of mere In this city. ' , , Preparations have been made for a continuous round of receptions and dinners din-ners to the distinguished visitors, besides be-sides innumerable side trips to out-of-town 'resorts. One day will be devoted to a ride on the Columbia river between Portland, and The Dalles, the commodious commo-dious river steamer Bailey Gatzert having hav-ing been chartered by the local physicians physi-cians for the trip. i Preliminary to the main sessions of the body, which wUl commence tomorrow, tomor-row, the house of delegates, which I Is composed, of 100 doctors, representing 120,000 physicians in the United States, will hold its session. j |