timber cruiser

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"You hear trees falling constantly, but you can't see them through the smoke," says Bill Thompson, 51, a timber cruiser from Salem, Ore. "It gets real spooky out here."

From Time Magazine Archive

McGarven, the timber cruiser, who had no idea that there was any man but himself on the lake, watched the bull with growing wonder and distrust, thinking him possessed of some evil demon.

From Wood Folk at School by Long, William Joseph

Ike M’Graw, the timber cruiser, was an excellent weather prophet; and this was proved to be a fact before all of those at Red Deer Lodge had gone to bed on this first night.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks

A timber cruiser would come into the community, prospecting for a lumber company, and examine the standing timber.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

The two scouts introduced themselves and then because Paul Nez had started down the wood road they waved farewell to the camper with the injured foot and hustled to catch up to the timber cruiser.

From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Crump, Irving